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Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'?

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Date 2014-02-17 12:08 -0500
Subject Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'?
From Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.7100.1392656921.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Feb 17, 2014 12:05 PM, "Nir" <nirchernia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> k = ['hi','boss']
> >>>
> >>> k
> ['hi', 'boss']
> >>> k= [s.upper for s in k
S.upper()
> >>> k
> [<built-in method upper of str object at 0x00000000021B2AF8>, <built-in
method upper of str object at 0x0000000002283F58>]
>
> Why doesn't the python interpreter just return
> ['HI, 'BOSS'] ?
>
> This isn't a big deal, but I am just curious as to why it does this.
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Nir <nirchernia@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 09:00 -0800
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-02-17 09:08 -0800
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 12:08 -0500
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-17 12:08 -0500
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-17 19:09 +0200
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2014-02-17 11:14 -0600
  Re: Why is the interpreter is returning a 'reference'? John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2014-02-17 19:17 +0000

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