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Author ezio.melotti
Recipients ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, michael.foord, r.david.murray
Date 2010-02-06.21:47:10
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The difference is that mutable objects may give the illusion of a pass-by-reference (because changes made inside the function are visible outside) whereas immutable objects give the illusion of pass-by-value (because you can't affect the original object in any way). This is also related to the confusion about assignment and what it really does.
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Date User Action Args
2010-02-06 21:47:12ezio.melottisetrecipients: + ezio.melotti, georg.brandl, r.david.murray, michael.foord
2010-02-06 21:47:12ezio.melottisetmessageid: <1265492832.49.0.733920956096.issue7867@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2010-02-06 21:47:10ezio.melottilinkissue7867 messages
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