On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for your reply Simon. > > I will read the article you told me to but first, please, have a look > at this snippet: > >>>> m = [2,3,4] >>>> p = ['a','b','c'] >>>> q = [m,p] >>>> q > [[2, 3, 4, 'a', 'b', 'c'], ['a', 'b', 'c']] >>>> del p >>>> q > [[2, 3, 4, 'a', 'b', 'c'], ['a', 'b', 'c']] >>>> > > > How come q is not updated after I deleted p? > > This is my point. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
Because the list still has a reference to the object formerly known as p. -- Stand Fast, tjg. [Timothy Grant] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
