why does list's .remove() does not return an object?

[jladasky at itu.edu]

On Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 7:42:01 PM UTC-7, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote:
> why is x = list.remove(elem) not return the list?
> 
> Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
> https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ

1) If you are naming your list "list," you're asking for trouble.  Shadowing builtin names is risky.  Ten years ago I named a variable "max".  Oops.

2) list.remove() operates in-place.  Would you expect it to return a copy?  Making that copy could potentially use a lot of memory and time.

3) If you do want a copy, construct it from two slices of your original list.  Let's say the element you want to remove is at position 6.  Then:

new_list = old_list[:6] + old_list[7:]


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