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Author steven.daprano
Recipients nanthil, steven.daprano
Date 2018-05-24.14:38:38
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This is not a bug, it is the documented behaviour: the * operator does not copy the lists, it duplicates references to the same list. There's even a FAQ for it:

https://docs.python.org/3/faq/programming.html#how-do-i-create-a-multidimensional-list
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Date User Action Args
2018-05-24 14:38:38steven.dapranosetrecipients: + steven.daprano, nanthil
2018-05-24 14:38:38steven.dapranosetmessageid: <1527172718.88.0.682650639539.issue33636@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2018-05-24 14:38:38steven.dapranolinkissue33636 messages
2018-05-24 14:38:38steven.dapranocreate