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Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference?

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On 07/22/2014 03:17 PM, fl wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 4:46:25 PM UTC-4, emile wrote:
>> On 07/22/2014 01:35 PM, Peter Pearson wrote:
>> def reassign(mylist):  # no reason to shadow the list builtin
>>       mylist[:] = [0,1]
>> mylist = [1]
>> reassign(mylist)
>> mylist
>> Emile
>
> Thanks for your example. I do not find the explanation of [:] on line.

It's covered in the tutorial in

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/introduction.html

look for the section on slice notation

> Could you explain it to me, or where can I find it on line?

If you haven't already, you should work your way through the full 
tutorial if for no other reason that to be familiar with content others 
find beginners should be introduced to.

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/index.html

Emile

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Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 12:04 -0700
  Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-07-22 15:32 -0400
    Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 12:54 -0700
  Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 12:34 -0700
    Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-07-22 20:35 +0000
      Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 13:46 -0700
        Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 15:17 -0700
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 18:26 -0400
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 15:33 -0700
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 19:06 -0400
        Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 15:31 -0700
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 15:40 -0700
      Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 16:00 -0700
        Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-07-22 16:10 -0700
  Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-22 20:27 -0400
    Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? fl <rxjwg98@gmail.com> - 2014-07-22 18:49 -0700
      Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-07-23 11:59 +1000
        Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-23 05:35 +0000
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-23 16:07 +1000
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-07-23 16:25 +1000
          Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-23 18:51 -0400
            Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-24 03:22 +0000
              Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-24 05:05 +0000
    Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-23 05:36 +0000
      Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-23 18:32 -0400
    Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2014-07-25 15:20 +1000
  Re: Question about Pass-by-object-reference? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-23 01:56 +0000

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