On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, Delaney, Timothy (Tim) wrote:
> Tom Anderson wrote:
>
>> When you say [:], do you mean that you copy lists like this:
>>
>> l = someList()
>> m = []
>> m[:] = l
>
> Forwarded to python-list, where it belongs. The idiom is actually:
>
> a = [1, 2, 3]
> b = a[:]
Aha. I'd never
Tom Anderson wrote:
> When you say [:], do you mean that you copy lists like this:
>
> l = someList()
> m = []
> m[:] = l
Forwarded to python-list, where it belongs. The idiom is actually:
a = [1, 2, 3]
b = a[:]
Tim Delaney
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