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On Sat, Jun 11, 2016, at 20:09, MRAB wrote:
> Not true. Importing doesn't copy the value.
> 
> Importing a name creates a new name in the local scope that refers to 
> the same object that the imported name referred to.

Yes, the value of a variable is a reference to an object. Can we not
have another round of this right now?