List in a Python class shares the same object over 2 different instances?
- by zfranciscus
I created a class:
class A:
aList = []
now I have function that instantiate this class and add items into the aList.
note: there are 2 items
for item in items:
a = A();
a.aList.append(item);
I find that the first A and the second A object has the same number of items in their aList.
I would expect that the first A object will have the first item in its list and the second A object will have the second item in its aList.
Can anyone explain how this happens ?
PS:
I manage to solve this problem by moving the aList inside a constructor :
def __init__(self):
self.aList = [];
but I am still curious about this behavior
