list remove

[Skip Montanaro]

    Oleg>    NEVER, I said NEVER modify the list while running through it!

Never say "never".  ;-)

This works just fine:

    >>> foo = [1,2,3,4,5]
    >>> for i in range(len(foo)-1,-1,-1):
    ...   del foo[i]
    ... 
    >>> foo
    []

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