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Re: Closures in leu of pointers?

Date 2013-06-29 16:02 -0600
From Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com>
Subject Re: Closures in leu of pointers?
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On 06/29/2013 01:19 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> Python's basic data types are not necessarily immutable. Lists and dicts 
> are not immutable. Being a high-level language, the idea of "primitives" 
> like int, double, float, etc from C doesn't really apply. A Python dict 
> is not made up from Python ints. Both int and dict are equally "basic".

Indeed.  Sorry for not being more clear.  I was referring primarily to
numeric objects and strings.

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Closures in leu of pointers? cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com - 2013-06-29 02:34 -0700
  Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 10:42 +0100
  Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-06-29 12:01 +0200
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-06-29 15:37 +0100
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        Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 12:36 -0600
      Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 08:02 -0600
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 12:58 -0600
            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-29 18:59 +0000
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      Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-06-29 12:35 -0600
        Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-29 19:19 +0000
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-30 01:41 +0000
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-29 16:53 -0400
              Re: Closures in leu of pointers? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 01:56 -0700
                Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-06-30 11:22 +0000
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 15:08 +1000
              Re: Closures in leu of pointers? rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-30 00:36 -0700
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            Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-06-30 02:11 -0400
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      Re: Closures in leu of pointers? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-06-30 12:07 +0200
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