Emanuel Barry added the comment: Your list `l` actually holds only one list, except three times. When you change it, it's reflected in all the lists. It's the equivalent of the following:
>>> x=['', ''] >>> l=[x, x, x] Makes a bit more sense this way? Either way, yes, this is intentional behaviour. ---------- nosy: +ebarry _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25681> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com