appending to list

[Gonçalo Rodrigues]

On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT), sud jag
<quentapole1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>  Iam a newbie to python. So any help on this is
>deeply appreciated
>
>  If I append an instance of a class to a list will
>the list have a copy of the instance or just a
>reference to that instance ? If it is only a reference
>is there something similar to deep copy in case of
>append ?
>

Only a reference. Note though that within the bounds of pure Python
de-referencing is automatic, you can never get hold of the reference
as a Python object. If you want a copy you mst explicitely ask for it
-- check out the copy module, in particular the deepcopy function.

>Thanks,
>quent
>

With my best regards,
G. Rodrigues