for i in list - change a list inside a for loop?

[John Hunter]

>>>>> "Albert" == Albert Hofkamp <hat at se-46.wpa.wtb.tue.nl> writes:

    Albert> This is very clear code, and since Python does reference
    Albert> counting the elements are not really copied, so speed
    Albert> should be managable.
 
A couple of alternatives that should be faster:

>>> x = ['A', 'B', 'C', 'D']

>>> filter(lambda arg: arg!='C', x)
['A', 'B', 'D']

>>> [arg for arg in x if arg != 'C']
['A', 'B', 'D']

John Hunter