Steven D'Aprano added the comment: The behaviour is correct, this is not a bug. Each time you pop from aa, the following items move down one space. Then, the next time you pop, the items have moved:
['a0', 'b1', 'c2', 'd3', 'e4', 'f5', 'g6', 'h7', 'i8', 'j9', 'k10', 'l11'] d3 is the third item and gets popped; ['a0', 'b1', 'c2', 'e4', 'f5', 'g6', 'h7', 'i8', 'j9', 'k10', 'l11'] g6 is the fifth item and gets popped; ['a0', 'b1', 'c2', 'e4', 'f5', 'h7', 'i8', 'j9', 'k10', 'l11'] j9 is the seventh item and gets popped. To get the result you want, you can use slicing: aa[3:9:2] => returns ['d3', 'f5', 'h7'] then del aa[3:9:2] => leaves ['a0', 'b1', 'c2', 'e4', 'g6', 'i8', 'j9', 'k10', 'l11'] ---------- nosy: +steven.daprano resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24392> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
