List replication operator

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Fri, 25 May 2018 11:59:38 -0400, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:

> 	What is your definition of a multi-dimensional array -- I tend to 
think
> of them as pre-declared sizes; not the variable (row|column) lengths
> possible when using nested lists.


Any fixed size array can be implemented using a variable-sized array and 
simply NOT increasing or shrinking the array.


Don't want to append an item to the end? Then don't append an item to the 
end :-)

(If you really care, you can subclass list and override the methods which 
modify the size of the list.)


-- 
Steve