> > > Would you have the same question about what takes place here?: > > >>> list_ = [3,4,5] > >>> list_[1] = 10 > >>> list_ > [3, 10, 5] > >>> > > No surprise there. It's a familiar usage and it appears to be the canonical example (in textbooks/tuts) for demonstrating "in-place" object modification. In these examples the object being modified is the list itself, rather than the objects stored in the list. The examples typically show how the sort function sorts the actual list as opposed to returning a sorted copy of the list.
But I think I see your point. The list object behaves the same as the objects stored inside the list. In other words, the list object is a reference to an ordered sequence of object references, and you're operating on those (referenced) objects rather than copies of the objects when you iterate over the list. Is that correct? If so, no doubt there's a simpler way to say all that?
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