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On Sun, 13 Sep 2015 12:42:48 +1000, Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
declaimed the following:

>Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On 09/12/2015 08:22 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>> > You appear to have the same level of knowledge of Python internals as 
>> > the RUE has of the Python 3.3+ FSR unicode implementation.  Let's have 
>> > some fun, is Python pass by value or pass by reference?  It has to be 
>> > more interesting debating that than the drivel that's gone before in 
>> > this thread.
>>
>> Oh you are a devious one there! This should get good.
>
>No, it should stop there. Taunting trolls is no more welcome here than
>trolling.
>
	Besides, we went through that last year...

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