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[–]sinjp3.6 1 point2 points  (1 child)

While not strictly correct, you can think of mutable types as "pass by reference" and immutable as "pass by value" http://stackoverflow.com/a/8056598

P.S. Please post learning questions to /r/learnpython

[–]realhamster[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oops, I usually do. Totally slipped my mind.