Bug in __init__?

[Zbigniew Braniecki]

Christian Heimes wrote:
> Zbigniew Braniecki wrote:
>> Any clue on what's going on here, and/if where I should report it?
> 
> Congratulations! You've stumbled over a well known gotcha. Most newbies
> fall for the trap.
> 
> class A:
>    def __init__ (self, val=[]):
>      print val
>      self.lst = val
> 
> val is created only *once* and shared across all instaces of A.

Thanks for help guys!

It's really a nice pitfall, I can hardly imagine anyone expecting this, 
or how easily could I find this info (e.g. what query should I give to 
google to get it without bothering people on this group)

Anyway, thanks :)

Greetings
Zbigniew Braniecki