Better solution

[Michael Hudson]

holger krekel <pyth at devel.trillke.net> writes:

> > If you want to mutate the list, I'd say:
> > 
> > lst[:] = filter(None, lst)
> > 
> > is better than the monstrosity above.
> 
> why the '[:]'? 
> 
> doesn't seem to make any difference here unless
> filter is allowed to return the same lst-object.

It depends whether you want to change the acutal list object or merely
have 'lst' refer to a changed list.  Bo was using .pop in his
question, so it's possible he wanted the former.

Cheers,
M.

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