def __init__(self, filename, initial): should be
def __init__(self, filename, initial=[]): (that was the whole reason i put the filename first.) sorry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
def __init__(self, filename, initial): should be
def __init__(self, filename, initial=[]): (that was the whole reason i put the filename first.) sorry. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list