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  Re: scope of function parameters (take two) Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-31 13:01 -0700

#6753 — Re: scope of function parameters (take two)

Henry Olders wrote:
> Clearly, making a copy within the function eliminates the possibility of 
> the side effects caused by passing in mutable objects. Would having the 
> compiler/interpreter do this automatically make python so much 
> different?

It would be a different language.

~Ethan~

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