As I am new to Python and programming as a whole, I do not have extensive knowledge of how to correctly report a bug. And as such I must apologize for the inconvenience.

My lack of knowledge makes this only an assumption, but...

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>>>l
[(1, 4, 7), (2, 5, 8), (3, 6, 9)]
>>>q = r = s = []
>>>for i in range(len(l)):
...    for x in l[i]:
...        q.append(x)
...    s = q
...    q = []
...    print s,    # print used to increase clarity
...    r.append(s)
...    print r    # and the next is printed out as:
...
[1, 4, 7] [1, 4, 7, [...]]
[2, 5, 8] [1, 4, 7, [...], [2, 5, 8]]
[3, 6, 9] [1, 4, 7, [...], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9]]
>>>r
[1, 4, 7, [...], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9]]
>>>r[3]    # for extra
[1, 4, 7, [...], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9]]

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Supposed outcome for r being [[1, 4, 7], [2, 5, 8], [3, 6, 9]]

Sorry, this isn't a bug.  I think you've rediscovered a property of mutable objects.  See http://docs.python.org/tutorial/controlflow.html#default-argument-values for an example.

Ah, I see. What a stupid error. My apologies.