On Sunday, March 17, 2013 9:18:12 PM UTC-4, Gary Herron wrote: > On 03/17/2013 05:58 PM, Yves S. Garret wrote: > > > N00b question. But here is the code: > > > > > > http://bin.cakephp.org/view/709201806 > > > > > > In the first example, the first for-loop is run and then the list is > > assigned to the tricky variable. But, what > > > happens in the second example? Does the loop after "in" get run only once > > or multiple number of times? > > > > Just once. The sorted fn is called just once, and the resulting list is > > iterated through. In your first case, the list is bound to (assigned > > to) a name so it is accessible afterwards. In the second case, it is > > available for garbage collection immediately after the loop finishes. > > > > Gary Herron
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