2011 OCW 6.00 SC - PS 5 end part

I am having a little bit of difficulty determining why the following works as a "triggerlist":

t1 = SubjectTrigger("Obama")
t2 = SummaryTrigger("Kenya")
triggerlist = [t1, t2]

But this does not
triggerlist = [SubjectTrigger("Obama"), SubjectTrigger("Kenya")]

Thanks

Question

2011 OCW 6.00 SC - PS 5 end part

I am having a little bit of difficulty determining why the following works as a "triggerlist":

    t1 = SubjectTrigger("Obama")
    t2 = SummaryTrigger("Kenya")
    triggerlist = [t1, t2]

But this does not
  triggerlist = [SubjectTrigger("Obama"), SubjectTrigger("Kenya")]

Thanks

e.mccormick · Answer

Python makes everything as an object then assigns it where it needs to be.  I do not know for certain, but I am betting you are running up against some issue in that system.

anonymous · Answer

This is the output when I run my script (note the objects are different, but the principle should be the same) [<__main__.SubjectTrigger object at 0x104025b90>, <__main__.TitleTrigger object at 0x104025bd0>] Polling... Sleeping... Polling... Sleeping...

anonymous · Answer

Forgot to mention that the first line is the triggerlist that gets run through the main_thread(p) function.