I read this....and am a tiny bit confused about the actual problem. It's not exactly complex to realize that something like: a = b = array that a and b both point to the array.
Logically speaking, I'm not sure how one could assume that the same assignment would yield a and b point to the same duplicate array. If that was the case, why not do: a = array.. b = array.. I know with what you were complaining about a few days ago, .clear makes perfect sense. If a and b point to the same array, clear should clear both arrays. Again, if you didn't want that to happen, create a duplicate array. Personally I feel that this complexity doesn't hamper programming process, and yes while its good for efficiency it also just makes sense. Also, I wouldn't look at PHP on the right way to do something programming wise. I have ~5 years experience in this language, and I dislike it a whole lot. There's a lot of things it should do right that it doesn't out of convenience. -David www.thedarktrumpet.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
