Unexpected variable assignment (by reference rather than value)

[designrubenz]

elm-repl 0.17.1

> a = [3,2,1]
[3,2,1] : List number
> b = 4 :: a
[4,3,2,1] : List number
> a = [1]
[1] : List number
> b
[4,1] : List number

I would expect b to stay unchanged ( [4,3,2,1] ) when a changes.

Also I would like to suggest a little warning message that reassigning the same variable is possible in the REPL (as a convenience) but is not supported in an Elm application.

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