Python 3.5.1 (v3.5.1:37a07cee5969, Dec 5 2015, 21:12:44) [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin python_ta imported successfully! help(list.copy) Help on method_descriptor: copy(...) L.copy() -> list -- a shallow copy of L 'x' * 4 'xxxx' [0] * 3 [0, 0, 0] [[0]] * 3 [[0], [0], [0]] x = [[0]] * 3 x[0].append(4) x [[0, 4], [0, 4], [0, 4]]