Modifying list/dictionary elements whilst iterating???

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <88h2f4$afb$1 at hs1b01h02-1.dplanet.ch>,
Philip Payne <pnpayne at swissonline.ch> wrote:
>
>I know it's not allowed to add/remove elements from lists/dictionaries
>whilst iterating over them, but can someone give me a definitive answer as
>to whether modifying list/dictionary values as follows whilst iterating is
>safe:

Yes, absolutely.  Well, not absolutely, not if you're stupid enough to
have a recursive list/dictionary, but I don't think you're that kind of
programmer, are you?  ;-)
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