Why does one work, but not the other?

[Erik Max Francis]

j_mckitrick wrote:

> but when I try:
> 
>         self.liststore = [[item] for item in data]
> 
> instead of:
> 
>        for item in data:
>             self.liststore.append([item])
> 
> I get an empty list!  What gives??

You're probably doing something else wrong; this fragment works fine:

>>> data = [1, 2, 3, 4]
>>> [[item] for item in data]
[[1], [2], [3], [4]]

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