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Re: Pointers/References in Python?

Gary Herron wrote:
No need. A Python list contains *references* to objects, not copies of
objects. (The same is true of variables, dictionaries, sets, and so
on...).
Good to know. I just wanted to make sure before writing more code which in
the end might not scale well.

Thanks to all for the help!

robert
Aug 1 '08 #1
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