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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:59:38 +1000
Subject: Re: My first ever Python program, comments welcome
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:56 AM, MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
> Since the result is bound to the original name, the
> result is the same.

Yes, assuming there are no other refs.

>>> a=[3,2,1]
>>> b=a
>>> a=sorted(a)
>>> a
[1, 2, 3]
>>> b
[3, 2, 1]

ChrisA