[Python-Dev] The Trick
Guido van Rossum
guido at python.org
Sat Oct 18 12:33:49 EDT 2003
I don't like the trick of avoiding the copy if the refcount is one;
AFAIK it can't be done in Jython.
I think the application area is too narrow to warrant a built-in,
*and* lists shouldn't grow two similar methods. Let's keep the
language small!
(I know, by that argument several built-ins shouldn't exist. Well,
they might be withdrawn in 3.0; let's not add more.)
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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