>>> class test: ... _blub = [] ... def __init__ (self): ... self._blub.append("Hallo") ... print self._blub ... >>> test() ['Hallo'] <__main__.test instance at 0xb7dbdecc> >>> test() ['Hallo', 'Hallo'] <__main__.test instance at 0xb7dbde0c> >>> test() ['Hallo', 'Hallo', 'Hallo'] <__main__.test instance at 0xb7dbdecc>