[Python-Dev] re: Tutorial: Brief Introduction to the Standard

[Arthur]

>The opposite question, "What is fundamentally wrong with list[:]..." has 
>an easy answer:

>It takes experience or explanation of slicing to know what it does.  
>copy(list) is easy even for novices to understand.

I agree.  But think the problem is even deeper than that.  Because it all
impacts, in the end, understanding what = does.

As Guido says, a favorite subject of mine.

Art