I thought if I could do this:
>>> a = b = ''
>>> a = 'a'
>>> a
'a'
>>> b
''
then this would behave similarly:
>>> la = lb = []
>>> la.append('a')
>>> la
['a']
>>> lb
['a']
I thought wrong! But don't know why.
Inquiring minds want to know.....
thanx,
jh