On Oct 10, 7:36 pm, Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com> wrote: > hello, > > I always thought code in a module was only executed once, > but doesn't seem to be true. > > I'm using Python 2.5. > > And this is the example: > > == A.py == > My_List = [] > > == B.py == > from A import * > My_List.append ( 3 ) > print 'B', My_List > import C > > == C.py == > from A import * > from B import * > print 'C', My_List > > Now when you start with B.py as the main program, > this is the resulting output: > > B [3] > B [3, 3] > C [3, 3] > > Why is the B.py executed twice ? > > thanks, > Stef
FYI, there was actually a related discussion about this just recently: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/e24be42ecbee7cad -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
