Re: Self-referential objects (was Re: more on splitfields)
Lou Kates (louk@research.teleride.on.ca)
Thu, 20 Aug 1992 00:07:01 -0400
> 
> >  ...
> >  While  we    are  on  the  topic   of infinite  loops in  library
> >  functions/methods the following will also cause infinite looping:
> >
> >  	a = [2, 'abc']
> >  	a.append(a)
> >
> 
> Works fine for me, Lou:
> 
> Python 0.9.6 (>= 1 Jan 1992).
> Copyright 1990, 1991, 1992 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam
> >>> a = [2,'abc']
> >>> a.append(a)
The version of Python that I have is 0.9.1.  Evidently there is a difference
between the two versions.
Lou Kates, louk@research.teleride.on.ca