[issue40639] Strange behavior in changing nested dictionaries

2020-05-16 Thread Jacob Underwood
Jacob Underwood added the comment: I know this post is closed, but I just wanted to say thank you for the reply and the help, and being so understanding of my many mistakes Have a good day/night!! -- ___ Python tracker

[issue40639] Strange behavior in changing nested dictionaries

2020-05-15 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Steven D'Aprano added the comment: Hi Jacob, and welcome. You said: "I was experimenting with nested dictionaries when I came across strange behavior that I can not figure out at all." This is a bug tracker, for reporting bugs, not a help desk for asking how to figure out Python's

[issue40639] Strange behavior in changing nested dictionaries

2020-05-15 Thread Jacob Underwood
New submission from Jacob Underwood : I was experimenting with nested dictionaries when I came across strange behavior that I can not figure out at all. The following function, at least for me, has some weird behavior. Originally, it was a bit longer, but somehow it achieved its intended