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Python: A bug waiting to happen.
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replace_the_contents_of_an_iterable_with_another.txt
A Python bug waiting to happen.
>>> x = ['1', '2', '3']
>>> x[:] = x[0]
>>> x
['1']
>>> x = ['10', '2', '3']
>>> x[:] = x[0]
>>> x
['1', '0']
>>> x[:] = x[0:1]
>>> x
['1']
>>>
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