So if I understood correctly the recursive structure isn't a problem
for python because "a" contains a reference to "a", not "a" itself. On
the other hand, print works ok because it has a special trap to detect
recursive structures. I think I understand it now.
Thnks for your replies, miz.
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ht
On Tue, 24 Jul 2007 02:14:38 -0700, mizrandir wrote:
> Can someone tell me why python doesn't crash when I do the following:
>
a=[]
a.append(a)
print a
> [[...]]
print a[0][0][0][0][0][0][0]
> [[...]]
>
> How does python handle this internally? Will it crash or use up lot's o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can someone tell me why python doesn't crash when I do the following:
>
a=[]
a.append(a)
print a
> [[...]]
print a[0][0][0][0][0][0][0]
> [[...]]
>
> How does python handle this internally? Will it crash or use up lot's
> of memory in similar but mo
