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| Date | 2011-05-31 13:01 -0700 |
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| From | Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> |
| Subject | Re: scope of function parameters (take two) |
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| Message-ID | <mailman.2332.1306871338.9059.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
Henry Olders wrote: > Clearly, making a copy within the function eliminates the possibility of > the side effects caused by passing in mutable objects. Would having the > compiler/interpreter do this automatically make python so much > different? It would be a different language. ~Ethan~
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Re: scope of function parameters (take two) Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-31 13:01 -0700
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