classification
Title: Wanted behaviour ?
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Versions: Python 2.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: invalid
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: amaury.forgeotdarc, pythonmeister (2)
Priority: Keywords:

Created on 2007-12-12 10:04 by pythonmeister, last changed 2007-12-12 10:20 by amaury.forgeotdarc.

Messages (2)
msg58488 - (view) Author: Stefan Sonnenberg-Carstens (pythonmeister) Date: 2007-12-12 10:04 
>>> a = {}
>>> a['a'] = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> a['b'] = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> a['c'] = [1,2,3,4,5]
>>> for k in a.keys():
...     print a[k]
...     for t in a[k]:
...             del a[k][a[k].index(t)]
...             print a[k]
...
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 4, 5]
[2, 4]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 4, 5]
[2, 4]
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 3, 4, 5]
[2, 4, 5]
[2, 4]

Does this make sense ?
msg58489 - (view) Author: Amaury Forgeot d'Arc (amaury.forgeotdarc) Date: 2007-12-12 10:20 
This is the expected behaviour.
See the "warning" paragraph at the bottom of
http://docs.python.org/ref/for.html
History
Date User Action Args
2007-12-12 10:20:04amaury.forgeotdarcsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: invalid
messages: + msg58489
nosy: + amaury.forgeotdarc
2007-12-12 10:04:46pythonmeistercreate