On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 01:12:28 +0100, Claudio Grondi wrote: > Python 2.4.2 (#67, Sep 28 2005, 12:41:11) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on > win32 - IDLE 1.1.2 > >>> a=[] > >>> a.append(a) > >>> b=[] > >>> b.append(b) > >>> a==b > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#4>", line 1, in -toplevel- > a==b > RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in cmp > >>>
Works for me: Python 2.3.3 (#1, May 7 2004, 10:31:40) [GCC 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> a = [] >>> a.append(a) >>> b = [] >>> b.append(b) >>> a == b True Maybe IDLE is playing silly buggers, or perhaps Python 2.4.2 has a bug. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
