On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote: > "Yasar Arabaci" <yasar11...@gmail.com> wrote >> Apperantly, I can change something (which is mutable) inside a list >> without even touching the list itself :) > But the point is that you *are* touching the list. > In this case you have two names referring to the same list. > You can modify that list (because it is mutable) via either name, it > makes no difference because they both refer to the same list. > > So a.append() is exactly the same operation as b.append()
Actually, in this case it's not - a.append() is the same as b[0].append() ;) _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
