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V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
V-Model Testing (WEEK 12)
From the blog Table of Code by Andon S and used with permission of the author. All other rights reserved by the author.
Pass by object reference
Python’s passes parameters by object reference. What does that mean? Let’s first explore the pass-by-reference and pass-by-value parameter passing paradigms.
Pass-by-reference:
In pass-by-reference, the variable is passed directly into the function.
The new variable points to the same object as the old variable. We just created a new reference to point to the same object.
Pass-by-value:
In pass-by-value, the function receives a copy of the argument objects passed to it and is stored in a new location in memory.
The new variable points to a different object (a copy of the old object).
Pass-by-object-reference:
Python is different than languages like Java(pass-by-value) in that it supports both pass-by-value and pass-by-reference. Variable in Python are not like the variable we know from other programming languages: variables in Python are object references. The value stored in a python variable is the memory address of the value, not the actual value. It is the memory address that is passed into a function, not the actual value. This means Python’s functions support call by object-reference semantics.
Based on the type of the object referred to, the actual call semantics used will differ. If the variable refers to a mutable value, call-by-reference is used. If variable refers to a immutable value, call-by-value is used.
References:
- http://robertheaton.com/2014/02/09/pythons-pass-by-object-reference-as-explained-by-philip-k-dick/
- Head First Python, 2nd Edition by Paul Barry
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