Why is this?

[Paolino]

Jiri Barton wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I have a problem with initialization.
> 
>>>>a, b = [[]]*2
>>>>a.append(1)
>>>>b
> [1]
> 
> Why is this? Why does not this behave like the below:
> 
 >>> a, b = [[]]*2
 >>> a==b
True
> 

> And, just to add to my confusion:
> 
> 
>>>>[[]]*2
> 
> [[], []]
> 
>>>>[[], []] == [[]]*2
> 
> True
This confuses me also,looks like empty lists share same object.

Paolino


	

	
		
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