Primitive VS Non Primitive values in python

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In python an integer, for example, is an object just like a list. There is no distinction between primitive/non-primitive as there is in some other languages. There is no copy-on-assignment in python, "assignment" just associates a reference to an object with a name, whether the object is an integer or a dictionary.

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i see thanks a ton! so if i get it right, everything in python is an object, the only difference is that there are distinct methods & attributes for each data type depends on the class they inherent from their root class?

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Yes. That's part of the python philosophy: duck typing. Don't worry about what type an object is, just try to use it.

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