Any other Python flaws?

phil hunt philh at comuno.freeserve.co.uk
Thu Jun 14 18:47:00 EDT 2001


On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 15:46:40 -0400, Edward C. Jones <edcjones at erols.com> wrote:
>Andrew Kuchling wrote:
>
>> ... Are there any other flaws that should be added?
>
>
>It follows from some basic concepts of Python that
>     "array = ([0] * 10) * 10"
>does not behave as usually intended.

I didn't know what this did before typing it in. I *expected*
it to produce an array with 100 elements, all 0, and when I
typed it in...

...I got an array with 100 elements, all 0.

I think python is OK here.

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