Michał Bentkowski pisze: > Why does python create a reference here, not just copy the variable?
Because Python works like that -- it uses names and values idiom. If you change value, all names will be bound to the same changed value. >>>> j=range(0,6) >>>> k=j >>>> del j[0] >>>> j > [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] >>>> k > [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] > > Shouldn't k remain the same? No further comments on this. -- Jarek Zgoda http://zgodowie.org/ "We read Knuth so you don't have to" - Tim Peters -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
