Problem with assigning variables of type List

[Max M]

> abhishek at ocf.berkeley.edu (Abhishek Roy) writes:


>>Hello,
>>      It appears that, 
>>a = b = []
>>is not the same as
>>a=[]
>>b=[]


I the first example a and b both point to the same list. In the second 
they are pointing to different lists.

A corresponding example with numbers would be:

a = b = 1
a = 1
b = 2

List and other complex objects are passe via reference and not by value 
for performance reasons.

regards Max M