2.3 list reverse() bug?

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Thu Dec 25 06:42:31 EST 2003


cartermark46 at ukmail.com (Mark Carter) writes:

> I did this:
> 
> Python 2.3 (#46, Jul 29 2003, 18:54:32) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on
> win32
> 
> >>> d1 = [1,2]
> >>> d2 = d1
> >>> d2.reverse()
> >>> print d1 #note: d1, not d2
> [2, 1]
> >>> 
> 
> Surely that can't be right: d1 should still be [1,2]. If it is
> "right", then I expect that many people are in for a suprise.

Try reading this:

    http://starship.python.net/crew/mwh/hacks/objectthink.html

Happy Christmas everyone!

Cheers,
mwh

-- 
  Counting lines is probably a good idea if you want to print it out
  and are short on paper, but I fail to see the purpose otherwise.
                                        -- Erik Naggum, comp.lang.lisp




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