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Author Retro
Recipients Retro, eli.bendersky, eric.araujo, eric.smith, georg.brandl, giampaolo.rodola, rhettinger, terry.reedy, xuanji
Date 2010-12-04.09:32:35
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Message-id <1291455157.1.0.860132901109.issue10516@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This is really welcome. It makes Python even more readable.

If 'a' is a list object, a[:] is not so obvious at first to a newcomer, but
a.copy() is.

Also, a.clear() is so perfect and understandable. I wish you could decorate Python versions prior to 3.3 with this two new list methods.
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Date User Action Args
2010-12-04 09:32:37Retrosetrecipients: + Retro, georg.brandl, rhettinger, terry.reedy, eric.smith, giampaolo.rodola, eric.araujo, eli.bendersky, xuanji
2010-12-04 09:32:37Retrosetmessageid: <1291455157.1.0.860132901109.issue10516@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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