query: What is happening when I assign a list with self references to a list copy with the slice syntax `mylist[:] = [mylist, mylist, ...]`?
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positive_passages.text: Understanding slice notation
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negative_passages.text: Appending an item to a python list in the declaration statement list = [].append(val) is a NoneType
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negative_passages.text: What is the syntax to insert one list into another list in python?
negative_passages.docid: 98591
negative_passages.text: What does an ampersand after this assignment operator mean?
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negative_passages.text: How to remove redundant {} from a nested list of lists?
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negative_passages.text: Why does [1].append(2) evaluate to None instead of [1,2]?
negative_passages.docid: 737
negative_passages.text: With arrays, why is it the case that a[5] == 5[a]?
negative_passages.docid: 40690
negative_passages.text: Compact way to assign values by slicing list in Python
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negative_passages.text: Multiple assignment and evaluation order in Python
negative_passages.docid: 57168
negative_passages.text: How to deep copy a list?
negative_passages.docid: 38303
negative_passages.text: Why does this iterative list-growing code give IndexError: list assignment index out of range?
negative_passages.docid: 91393
negative_passages.text: What's the difference between unbounded wildcard type List and raw type List?
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negative_passages.text: What is the difference between List and List?
negative_passages.docid: 40226
negative_passages.text: Python: Is the split function evaluated multiple times in a list comprehension?
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negative_passages.text: List changes unexpectedly after assignment. Why is this and how to prevent it?
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negative_passages.text: Python list multiplication: [[...]]*3 makes 3 lists which mirror each other when modified
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negative_passages.text: What's the difference between assignment operator and copy constructor?