On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:42:29 -0700, castironpi wrote:
> On Jul 23, 9:11 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:10:22 +0200, mk wrote:
>> > Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
>> >> I can't even remember when I deleted something from a list in the past.
>>
>> > Still, doesn't that strike you as.. workaround?
>>
>> No, I find it actually safer; I don't have to care where modifications of
>> the list might be seen elsewhere in the program.
>>
>> Ciao,
>> Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
>
> a[:]= newlist
>
> and
>
> a= newlist
>
> have two completely different effects, and one is just as safe as
> 'del'. Besides, del isn't safe to be seen elsewhere in the program in
> other threads, if they aren't locking the GIL.
As usual you are talking nonsense…
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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