If you want to do what you want(though I don't know why without a concrete example), just store a mutable object at lst[42]["pos"], like this :
lst[42]["pos"] = [1] a = lst[42]["pos"] a[0] = 2 assert(lst[42]["pos"][0] == 2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But if lst[42]["pos"] happens to hold an integer value, then > > a = lst[42]["pos"] > > will _copy_ that integer value into 'a', right? Changing 'a' will not > change the value at lst[42]["pos"] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
