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		jisaacstone on Nov 6, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python: copying a list the right way Perhaps, but list() is certainly easier to google/find in the docs than [:]

d0mine on Nov 6, 2011 [–]

`[:]` is as easy to grep as anything:

http://www.google.com/codesearch#search&q=%5C%5B:%5C%5D+...

If you don't know that `[:]` relates to slices then you might start by reading http://docs.python.org/tut

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