R. David Murray added the comment: I agree that the table entry could be made more precise. I would suggest replacing the table entry with "equivalent to adding s to itself n times". This formulation serves to explain *why* the multiply operation works the way it does:
>>> a = [1, []] >>> b = a * 4 >>> c = a + a + a + a >>> b [1, [], 1, [], 1, [], 1, []] >>> c [1, [], 1, [], 1, [], 1, []] >>> a.append(2) >>> a [1, [], 2] >>> b [1, [], 1, [], 1, [], 1, []] >>> c [1, [], 1, [], 1, [], 1, []] >>> a[1].append(3) >>> a [1, [3], 2] >>> b [1, [3], 1, [3], 1, [3], 1, [3]] >>> c [1, [3], 1, [3], 1, [3], 1, [3]] I don't think it is appropriate to put an example in the table; IMO that belongs in the footnote where it currently is. You could hyperlink the table entry to the FAQ entry, though. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue23406> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
