From: ThoML <micathom@...>
Date: 2008-03-24T17:59:55+09:00
Subject: Re: functions, arguments and changing their value permantent

On Mar 24, 9:46 am, Eder Quiñones <eder...@gmail.com> wrote:
> x = changeit x

You can easily return multiple arguments (x, y = changeit(x, y)) which
makes the inout semantics rather obsolete (with a few exceptions where
macro would be desirable). Some classes also provide destructive
methods that can be used to replace it's contents while maintaining
the object's identity.