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Why use append in initializer but not in the instance of the object?

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#1

Hi!!

Why use append inside the initializer and not outside the class when the object is instantiated since the variable teamMembers can be accessed by all objects?

class Player:
teamName = 'Liverpool'      # class variables
teamMembers = []

def __init__(self, name):
    self.name = name        # creating instance variables
    self.formerTeams = []
    self.teamMembers.append(self.name)


p1 = Player('Mark')
p2 = Player('Steve')

print("Name:", p1.name)
print("Team Members:")
print(p1.teamMembers)
print("")
print("Name:", p2.name)
print("Team Members:")
print(p2.teamMembers)
#2

Both of these methods can be used to append to the variable teamMember as it is a class variable. The difference is that if you append it in the initializer, it will be appended to the class variable as soon as the instance of a class is made. However, if you append it outside the class, you will have to append it separately each time for each object.