possible python bug here

[Peter Kleiweg]

manuel schreef:

> In the sample below, the foo function modify the b list,
> but I think it should modify only c, not b! It work
> correctly if if b is one dimension list instead two.
>
> def foo(aList):
>      print "use foo..."
>      aList[2][0] += .35
>      aList[2][1] += .35
>      aList[2][2] += .35
>
> p = [2.5,2.5,2.5]
> b = [p,p,p,p]
>
> c=b[:] #c is a totally new list cloned from b, it's not an alias!

No it isn't. You didn't make a deep copy.



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