Hello,

I dont know why but yesterday when i appended it behaved like extend.
I should sleep more.

2018-01-18 20:27 GMT+00:00 Raymond Hettinger <report@bugs.python.org>:

>
> Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger@gmail.com> added the comment:
>
> Sorry Jonathan, this is the way the python containers work if they take an
> iterable input.  In the case of a str, it is not possible for us to know
> whether you mean for deque('abc') to go it as three arguments or as one.
>
> FWIW, if you don't what to put the single element in a list, the API
> provides the append() method for adding scalars and extend() method for
> adding iterables:
>
>    d = deque()
>    d.append('abc')
>    d.extend('abc')
>
> Note that lists behave the same way.
>
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> resolution:  -> not a bug
> stage:  -> resolved
> status: open -> closed
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