Subtle differences between assignment and mutation in Julia as shown in the script below are easy to be missed or misunderstood by a beginner like me. I’m starting to understand and realize the importance, but still not really confident. If there’s a good (clear, plain, accurate and concise) documen…

The simplest version of this I can come up with is this: Assignment changes which object a name refers to: x = ex causes the name x to refer to the value resulting from the evaluation of the expression ex. Assignment never changes the values of any objects. Mutation changes the value of an obj…

Assignment and mutation

New to Julia

rdeits December 30, 2018, 4:32pm 3

Perhaps this will help as well: Primitive and Composite? Types - #7 by rdeits

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Assignment and mutation

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