[Python-checkins] cpython (3.4): #20135: FAQ entry for list mutation. (See also 6375bf34fff6.)
r.david.murray
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Sep 29 16:24:22 CEST 2014
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/138f54622841
changeset: 92623:138f54622841
branch: 3.4
parent: 92620:ab1570d0132d
user: R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date: Mon Sep 29 10:17:28 2014 -0400
summary:
#20135: FAQ entry for list mutation. (See also 6375bf34fff6.)
I accidentally committed this in 6375bf34fff6; this changeset addresses the
last review comments on the patch.
This is a perennial question and something someone opens a ticket for probably
every other month or so, so I'm surprised we didn't already have a FAQ entry
for it.
The original patch was written by M. Votz, refined first by Ezio Melotti and
further refined by me.
files:
Doc/faq/programming.rst | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/faq/programming.rst b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
--- a/Doc/faq/programming.rst
+++ b/Doc/faq/programming.rst
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
After the call to :meth:`~list.append`, the content of the mutable object has
changed from ``[]`` to ``[10]``. Since both the variables refer to the same
-object, accessing either one of them accesses the modified value ``[10]``.
+object, using either name accesses the modified value ``[10]``.
If we instead assign an immutable object to ``x``::
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