Python passing list as argument

Question

If i were to run this code:

def function(y):
    y.append(\'yes\')
    return y

example = list()
function(example)
print(example)

Why woul

Answer 1

The easiest way to modify the code will be add the [:] to the function call.

def function(y):
    y.append('yes')
    return y



example = list()
function(example[:])
print(example)