Confounded by Python objects

[boblatest at googlemail.com]

Hello group,

take a look at the code snippet below. What I want to do is initialize
two separate Channel objects and put some data in them. However,
although two different objects are in fact created (as can be seen
from the different names they spit out with the "diag()" method), the
data in the "sample" member is the same although I stick different
values in.

Thanks,
robert
(Sorry for Google Groups, but I don't have NNTP at work)

Here's the code:

#!/usr/bin/python

class Channel:
    name = ''
    sample = []

    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name

    def append(self, time, value):
        self.sample.append((time, value))
        self.diag()

    def diag(self):
        print (self.name, self.sample)


chA = Channel('A')
chB = Channel('B')

chA.append(1, 1.1)
chB.append(2, 2.1)
chA.append(3, 1.2)
chB.append(4, 2.2)

print 'Result:'

chA.diag()
chB.diag()

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and here's the output:

('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001)])
('B', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (2, 2.1000000000000001)])
('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (2, 2.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2)])
('B', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (2, 2.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2), (4,
2.2000000000000002)])
Result:
('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (2, 2.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2), (4,
2.2000000000000002)])
('B', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (2, 2.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2), (4,
2.2000000000000002)])

What I'd like to see, however, is 2 tuples per Channel object, like
this:
('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001)])
('B', [(2, 2.1000000000000001)])
('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2)])
('B', [(2, 2.1000000000000001), (4, 2.2000000000000002)])
Result:
('A', [(1, 1.1000000000000001), (3, 1.2)])
('B', [(2, 2.1000000000000001), (4, 2.2000000000000002)])