Could someone help confirm/clarify the semantics of the [:] operator in Python?
a = range(51,55) ############# 1 ################## b = a[:] # b receives a copy of a, but they are independent # The following two are equivalent ############# 2 ################## c = [] c = a[:] # c receives a copy of a, but they are independent ############# 3 ################## d = [] d[:] = a # d receives a copy of a, but they are independent ### 1 ### is the preferred, shorter way to do what ## 2 ## and ## 3 ## do. Am I correct with this? Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
