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Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior

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On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ben Finney has already answered the main question
>
> Giving credit where credit's due, it was more Chris Rebert's post that
> answered the question. Sorry Chris!

Eh, one can't fight chronology!

I'm just surprised that the docstring doesn't explicitly state
"Returns None." by this point, given that this is such a common point
of newbie confusion.

Cheers,
Chris

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Puzzled by list-appending behavior Uncle Ben <bgreen@nycap.rr.com> - 2011-05-25 21:46 -0700
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-26 15:11 +1000
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-05-25 22:17 -0700
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 17:20 +1000
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-26 17:23 +1000
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Uncle Ben <bgreen@nycap.rr.com> - 2011-05-26 00:33 -0700
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-05-26 01:09 -0700
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-26 16:58 +0100
    Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Tim Roberts <timr@probo.com> - 2011-05-26 23:34 -0700
      Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-05-27 17:02 +0100
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 02:04 +1000
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior John Ladasky <ladasky@my-deja.com> - 2011-05-26 11:27 -0700
    Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-27 01:59 +0000
      Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 13:24 +1000
        Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-05-27 03:52 +0000
          Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-05-27 14:10 +1000
          RE: Puzzled by list-appending behavior "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-05-27 13:58 -0400
          Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-05-27 11:56 -0700
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-26 14:44 -0400
  RE: Puzzled by list-appending behavior "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmchase.com> - 2011-05-26 15:34 -0400
  Re: Puzzled by list-appending behavior Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-05-26 17:36 -0400

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