Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Note that L[:] and L[:] = [] are well-known idioms for making a copy of a list and emptying the list respectively. (For dictionaries we have D.copy() and D.clear().) Someone looking at x[:] or x[:] = [] should immediately recognize a list copy or clear operation. Having to think of whether x may be a dictionary would make such code very confusing.
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