On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 8:51 PM, Rich Healey <healey.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://docs.python.org/library/copy.html > > Just near the bottom it reads: > > """Shallow copies of dictionaries can be made using dict.copy(), and > of lists by assigning a slice of the entire list, for example, > copied_list = original_list[:].""" > > > Surely this is a typo? To my understanding, copied_list = > original_list[:] gives you a clean copy (slicing returns a new > object....) >
If you read the doc excerpt carefully, you will realize that it says the same thing. I agree that the language can be improved, though. There is no need to bring in assignment to explain that a[:] makes a copy of list a. Please create a documentation issue at http://bugs.python.org . If you can suggest a better formulation, it is likely to be accepted. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
