x = [[0] * 3] * 4
print(x, type(x))
# [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] <class 'list'>
x[0][0] = 1
print(x, type(x))
# [[1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0]] <class 'list'>
a = [0] * 3
x = [a] * 4
print(x, type(x))
# [[0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0], [0, 0, 0]] <class 'list'>
x[0][0] = 1
print(x, type(x))
# [[1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0], [1, 0, 0]] <class 'list'>