What does "::" mean?

[Robert Kern]

Michael Hoffman wrote:
> Robert Kern wrote:

>>Well, that part's easy at least:
>>
>>  live[::-1]
>>
>>:-)  And so the circle is complete ...
> 
> What about reversed(live)? Or if you want a list instead of an iterator, 
> list(reversed(live))?

That's fine if you want to iterate over it. Often, especially with 
strings, you just want an object of the same type back again.

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