List replication operator

[Ben Finney]

Paul <tallpaul at gmail.com> writes:

> How would one make a multi-dimensional list now, with truly-separate sub
> lists?  Is there just no way to do it with the replication operator? IE,
> would I just have to do
>   X = [[], [], [], [], []]

The expressions in a comprehension are evaluated each time through. So
this is another way to get that result:

    foo = [ [] for __ in range(5) ]

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Ben Finney