Peter Decker wrote: > 'L' is a pointer to a list. You are now adding that pointer to the > very list it points to.
I understand that, but I guess I just don't see how this creates anything other than a list that refers to [1, 2], and then refers again to [1, 2], to create [1, 2, [1, 2]]. L.append(L) basically creates this, I think: [1, 2, L] Now, assuming that's correct, and since L points to the list [1, 2], why can't '[1, 2]' be substituted for the 'L' and then the list is closed? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
