<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Reference on Samarthya</title><link>https://samarthya.me/tags/reference/</link><description>Recent content in Reference on Samarthya</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><copyright>© Samarthya 2018-2026. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://samarthya.me/tags/reference/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Python: Pointers &amp; Reference</title><link>https://samarthya.me/posts/python-pointers-reference/</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://samarthya.me/posts/python-pointers-reference/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;In Python, there are no explicit pointers like in some other programming languages. In python everything is an object and references to objects are stored in variables.&lt;/p&gt;&#10;&lt;p&gt;When you assign an object to a variable, the variable stores a reference to the object in memory. This means that changes to the object will be reflected in all variables that reference that object.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>