Skip to content

itertool.permutations object empties its contents after printing as a list #101978

Closed as not planned
Closed as not planned
itertool.permutations object empties its contents after printing as a list#101978
Labels
type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error
@rllyryan

Description

@rllyryan
rllyryan
opened on Feb 17, 2023

Bug report

While debugging my code script with print statements, I ran into a perculiar issue with the permutations emptying itself after being print as a type-casted list.

Here is a minimally producible code-block:

from itertools import permutations

a = [1,2,3,4,5]
perm = permutations(a)

print(list(perm))
print(list(perm))

Here is the output:

[(1, 2, 3, 4, 5), (1, 2, 3, 5, 4), (1, 2, 4, 3, 5), (1, 2, 4, 5, 3), (1, 2, 5, 3, 4), (1, 2, 5, 4, 3), (1, 3, 2, 4, 5), (1, 3, 2, 5, 4), (1, 3, 4, 2, 5), (1, 3, 4, 5, 2), (1, 3, 5, 2, 4), (1, 3, 5, 4, 2), (1, 4, 2, 3, 5), (1, 4, 2, 5, 3), (1, 4, 3, 2, 5), (1, 4, 3, 5, 2), (1, 4, 5, 2, 3), (1, 4, 5, 3, 2), (1, 5, 2, 3, 4), (1, 5, 2, 4, 3), (1, 5, 3, 2, 4), (1, 5, 3, 4, 2), (1, 5, 4, 2, 3), (1, 5, 4, 3, 2), (2, 1, 3, 4, 5), (2, 1, 3, 5, 4), (2, 1, 4, 3, 5), (2, 1, 4, 5, 3), (2, 1, 5, 3, 4), (2, 1, 5, 4, 3), (2, 3, 1, 4, 5), (2, 3, 1, 5, 4), (2, 3, 4, 1, 5), (2, 3, 4, 5, 1), (2, 3, 5, 1, 4), (2, 3, 5, 4, 1), (2, 4, 1, 3, 5), (2, 4, 1, 5, 3), (2, 4, 3, 1, 5), (2, 4, 3, 5, 1), (2, 4, 5, 1, 3), (2, 4, 5, 3, 1), (2, 5, 1, 3, 4), (2, 5, 1, 4, 3), (2, 5, 3, 1, 4), (2, 5, 3, 4, 1), (2, 5, 4, 1, 3), (2, 5, 4, 3, 1), (3, 1, 2, 4, 5), (3, 1, 2, 5, 4), (3, 1, 4, 2, 5), (3, 1, 4, 5, 2), (3, 1, 5, 2, 4), (3, 1, 5, 4, 2), (3, 2, 1, 4, 5), (3, 2, 1, 5, 4), (3, 2, 4, 1, 5), (3, 2, 4, 5, 1), (3, 2, 5, 1, 4), (3, 2, 5, 4, 1), (3, 4, 1, 2, 5), (3, 4, 1, 5, 2), (3, 4, 2, 1, 5), (3, 4, 2, 5, 1), (3, 4, 5, 1, 2), (3, 4, 5, 2, 1), (3, 5, 1, 2, 4), (3, 5, 1, 4, 2), (3, 5, 2, 1, 4), (3, 5, 2, 4, 1), (3, 5, 4, 1, 2), (3, 5, 4, 2, 1), (4, 1, 2, 3, 5), (4, 1, 2, 5, 3), (4, 1, 3, 2, 5), (4, 1, 3, 5, 2), (4, 1, 5, 2, 3), (4, 1, 5, 3, 2), (4, 2, 1, 3, 5), (4, 2, 1, 5, 3), (4, 2, 3, 1, 5), (4, 2, 3, 5, 1), (4, 2, 5, 1, 3), (4, 2, 5, 3, 1), (4, 3, 1, 2, 5), (4, 3, 1, 5, 2), (4, 3, 2, 1, 5), (4, 3, 2, 5, 1), (4, 3, 5, 1, 2), (4, 3, 5, 2, 1), (4, 5, 1, 2, 3), (4, 5, 1, 3, 2), (4, 5, 2, 1, 3), (4, 5, 2, 3, 1), (4, 5, 3, 1, 2), (4, 5, 3, 2, 1), (5, 1, 2, 3, 4), (5, 1, 2, 4, 3), (5, 1, 3, 2, 4), (5, 1, 3, 4, 2), (5, 1, 4, 2, 3), (5, 1, 4, 3, 2), (5, 2, 1, 3, 4), (5, 2, 1, 4, 3), (5, 2, 3, 1, 4), (5, 2, 3, 4, 1), (5, 2, 4, 1, 3), (5, 2, 4, 3, 1), (5, 3, 1, 2, 4), (5, 3, 1, 4, 2), (5, 3, 2, 1, 4), (5, 3, 2, 4, 1), (5, 3, 4, 1, 2), (5, 3, 4, 2, 1), (5, 4, 1, 2, 3), (5, 4, 1, 3, 2), (5, 4, 2, 1, 3), (5, 4, 2, 3, 1), (5, 4, 3, 1, 2), (5, 4, 3, 2, 1)]
[]

Your environment

The environment is very similar to the minimal code above!

  • CPython versions tested on: I tested on Python3.8.10 64-bit
  • Operating system and architecture: Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS

Metadata

Metadata

Assignees

No one assigned

    Labels

    type-bugAn unexpected behavior, bug, or error

    Fields

    No fields configured for issues without a type.

    Projects

    No projects

    Milestone

    No milestone

    Relationships

    None yet

    Development

    No branches or pull requests

    Issue actions