List replication operator

Fri May 25 03:50:10 EDT 2018

Peter Otten schrieb am 25.05.2018 um 09:28:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> But what do people think about proposing a new list replication with copy
>> operator?
>>>> [[]]**5
>>>> would return a new list consisting of five shallow copies of the inner
>> list.
>> Yet another arcanum to learn for beginners with little return.
> If you cannot refrain from tinkering with the language at least concentrate 
> on the features with broad application.
> Thank you.

I might have phrased this a little less ... short, but if it's really just
about avoiding a call to "copy.deepcopy()" in certain special cases at the
cost of adding new syntax, then I have to agree that we'd better avoid
adding the syntax instead.
Stefan