[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > I have run into a bit of a subtle problem. How do I go about > duplicating a variable (particularly a list of lists) in python.
using the deepcopy function of the copy module. > I > was surprised when simple assignment didn't work. For example, let y = > [1,2,3] > >>>> x = y >>>> x[2] = 5 >>>> y > [1,2,5] Python only uses object references. It never copy anything unless explicitely asked for. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
