Bugs item #1084906, was opened at 2004-12-14 00:11 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1084906&group_id=5470
Category: Python Interpreter Core Group: Python 2.3 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: py_py (pingpy) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: list initialization bug Initial Comment: Python 2.3.4 running on Linux Redhat 9.1 The following initialization produces an unwanted (I think) side effect, a,b=2*[[0]*2] It seems that both a and b point to the same address For example, a[1]=1 gives me a=[0,1] but produces, as a side effect, b=[0,1] !!!! However, the following works a,b = [[0]*2,[0]*2] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1084906&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com