[Python-au] Class attribute behaviour wierdisms

[Darryl Ross]

Hey All,

Just wondering whether this would be expected behaviour??

> darryl at mail:~$ cat test.py
> class Blah:
>     attr = []
> 
> for i in range(10):
>     obj = Blah()
>     obj.attr.append('123')
>     print obj.attr


> darryl at mail:~$ python test.py
> ['123']
> ['123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123']
> ['123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123', '123']


I would have thought that by instantiating a new object, it should be a
copy of the definition, not a reference to the previous object?

Any ideas?

Regards
Darryl


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