Python Articles on Assignment and Mutation
Python's variables aren't buckets that contain things; they're pointers that reference objects.
The way Python's variables work can often confuse folks new to Python, both new programmers and folks moving from other languages like C++ or Java.
How to assign a variable in Python
3 mins
Variables are pointers
1 mins
The 2 types of "change" in Python
3 mins
Equality vs identity in Python
4 mins
Data structures contain pointers
3 mins
Does Python have constants?
3 mins
Variables and objects in Python
9 mins
Python's walrus operator
4 mins
Assignment isn't just about the equals sign
3 mins
Mutating with an assignment statement
2 mins
Augmented assignments mutate
3 mins
The assignments hiding in your functions
3 mins
Mutable tuples
3 mins
When is equality the same as identity?
6 mins
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