> I should have known. sheesh python is so kewl. I keep forgetting most > times, > it will do stuff directly and you don't have to assign..
Whether thats 'kewl' depends on your viewpoint. >From a pure computing point of view returning a value is more consistent and correct in a functional programming sense, however its usually much less efficient since temporary variables and copying are slow and resource hungry, so direct action is preferred. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
