On Jul 23, 9:11 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:10:22 +0200, mk wrote: > > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: > >> I can't even remember when I deleted something from a list in the past. > > > Still, doesn't that strike you as.. workaround? > > No, I find it actually safer; I don't have to care where modifications of > the list might be seen elsewhere in the program. > > Ciao, > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
a[:]= newlist and a= newlist have two completely different effects, and one is just as safe as 'del'. Besides, del isn't safe to be seen elsewhere in the program in other threads, if they aren't locking the GIL. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
