Deleting from a list (reprise)

[Alex Martelli]

On Wednesday 02 January 2002 19:07, Jason Orendorff wrote:
> > def delwhile(sequence, marker):
> >     sequence[:] = sequence
> >     while marker in sequence: sequence.remove(marker)
>
> I think you mean
>   sequence = sequence[:]  # make a copy of 'sequence'
>
> What you wrote splices the list into itself (basically a no-op),
> with the result that the original sequence is modified in-place.

Ooops -- yes.  I definitely DID intend a copy to be taken!-)


Alex