On 17-May-2018 12:37, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 5/17/18 12:28 PM, Dan Strohl via Python-list wrote: > > On 2018-05-17 11:26 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > > > I don't understand what this would return? x? You already have x. Is > > > it meant to make a copy? x has been mutated, so I don't understand the > > > benefit of making a copy of the 1-less x. Can you elaborate on the > > > problem you are trying to solve? > > > > > > --Ned. > > > > > > > > > assignment to another var > > > > > Though I don’t know what the OP was specifically looking for I could see a > > benefit to returning the item deleted. > > Notice that this is not the thing the OP wanted returned. I believe they > are looking to return the list, not the item. >
I'm guessing that they want to be able to do some sort of method chaining like: the_list.remove(x).remove(y) Although the clarifying example was contrived and confusing. A more concrete example would be greatly appreciated. -- david stanek web: https://dstanek.com twitter: https://twitter.com/dstanek -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
