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Re:Why does a = a[0] = [0] create a self-referential list in... by kadoban on Friday November 19, 2021 @10:06AM (#29277901)
At this point, fixing the issue would break all kinds of software that's depending on it working that way.
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Re:Why does a = a[0] = [0] create a self-referential list in... by w0m on Monday November 22, 2021 @04:36PM (#29311833)
This. It's known behavior that you can leverage.
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