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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 21:06:37 -0800
From: Deb Wyatt <codemonkey@inbox.com>
Subject: Re: can someone explain the concept of "strings (or whatever) being immutable"
To: Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au>, python-list@python.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ben=40benfinney.id.au
> Sent: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 14:54:01 +1000
> To: python-list=40python.org
> Subject: Re: can someone explain the concept of =22strings (or whatever)
> being immutable=22
>=20
> Deb Wyatt <codemonkey=40inbox.com> writes:
>=20
>> =5Bno text=5D
>=20
> Deb, can you expand a bit =E2=80=93 and write the question in the body =
of your
> message? It's not clear what you want explained.
>=20
> --
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chose a =7C
>   =60=5C    king, they don't just go by size, because I bet there are =
some =7C
> _o__)                   Chihuahuas with some good ideas.=E2=80=9D =
=E2=80=94Jack Handey =7C
> Ben Finney
>=20
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> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
that's strange that you see no text.  The body of my email was as follows:

=22=22=22a_string =3D =22This is a string=22
a_string is pointing to the above string

now I change the value of a_string
a_string =3D =22This string is different=22
I understand that now a_string is pointing to a different string than it =
was before, in a different location.

my question is what happens to the original string??  Is it still in =
memory somewhere, nameless?
=22=22=22
That was just the first question.  What does immutable really mean if you =
can add items to a list? and concatenate strings?  I don't understand =
enough to even ask a comprehensible question, I guess.


Thanks in advance,
Deb in WA, USA

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