Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed5.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.003 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'variables.': 0.07; 'pointers': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'aug': 0.13; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'subject:Objects': 0.16; 'pointer': 0.17; '(or': 0.18; 'least': 0.25; "doesn't": 0.28; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'environment': 0.29; 'probably': 0.29; 'fri,': 0.30; 'url:home': 0.33; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.33; 'received:org': 0.36; 'explain': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'charset:us-ascii': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'help': 0.40; "you've": 0.61; 'dennis': 0.91 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Dennis Lee Bieber Subject: Re: Objects in Python Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:54:10 -0400 Organization: > Bestiaria Support Staff < References: <87d32i1ntc.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <5035d3e4$0$1645$c3e8da3$76491128@news.astraweb.com> <50366ec8$0$6574$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: adsl-76-249-24-126.dsl.klmzmi.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.3/32.846 X-No-Archive: YES X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 13 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1345766105 news.xs4all.nl 6989 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:33172 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:27771 On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:00:59 +1000, Chris Angelico declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: > > But again, that probably doesn't help explain the variables. Unless > you've come from (or can at least imagine) an environment in which you > use pointers for *everything*. > ... but can not manipulate the pointer directly -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/