[Python-Dev] re: Tutorial: Brief Introduction to the Standard (original) (raw)

Arthur ajsiegel at optonline.net
Fri Dec 5 08:28:06 EST 2003

The opposite question, "What is fundamentally wrong with list[:]..." has an easy answer:

It takes experience or explanation of slicing to know what it does. copy(list) is easy even for novices to understand.

I agree. But think the problem is even deeper than that. Because it all impacts, in the end, understanding what = does.

As Guido says, a favorite subject of mine.

Art