https://blog.rkempe.ca/tags/python/ Recent content in Python on rkempe’s blog Hugo en-ca © Copyright 2026 Rebecca Kempe Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:28:41 -0500 https://blog.rkempe.ca/posts/2024/11/understanding-the-python-memory-model/ Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:28:41 -0500 https://blog.rkempe.ca/posts/2024/11/understanding-the-python-memory-model/ One of my quests during the research project I did last summer was to find a way to simulate pointers in Python, or at the very least, get some sort of named reference-like behaviour from the language. Unfortunately, I quickly learned that this is quasi-impossible, because Python is a language that aims to abstract as many implementation details away from the user as possible, and gives programmers very limited ways in which to interact with the language.