Python – Everything is object
Resources
Read or watch:
- 9.10. Objects and values
- 9.11. Aliasing
- Immutable vs mutable types
- Mutation (Only this chapter)
- 9.12. Cloning lists
- Python tuples: immutable but potentially changing
Learning Objectives
At the end of this project, you are expected to be able to explain to anyone, without the help of Google:
General
- What is an object
- What is the difference between a class and an object or instance
- What is the difference between immutable object and mutable object
- What is a reference
- What is an assignment
- What is an alias
- How to know if two variables are identical
- How to know if two variables are linked to the same object
- How to display the variable identifier (which is the memory address in the CPython implementation)
- What is mutable and immutable
- What are the built-in mutable types
- What are the built-in immutable types
- How does Python pass variables to functions
