John Salerno wrote: > L.append(L) basically creates this, I think: > > [1, 2, L]
Correct. > > Now, assuming that's correct, and since L points to the list [1, 2], wrong. You just said it yourself: L is now the list [1, 2, L] > why > can't '[1, 2]' be substituted for the 'L' and then the list is closed? > The append method modifies the list in place. The list which contained 1,2 now has a third element which is a reference to itself. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
