[Tutor] file-like object

[Terry Carroll]

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005, Chad Crabtree wrote:

> class _macroString(object):
>     def __init__(self,s):
>         self.macro=s
>         self.list=self.macro.split("\n")
>         for n,v in enumerate(self.list):
>             self.list[n]=v+'\n'


Is this for loop a safe technique, where the list you're enumerating over
in the for statement is the same as the one being updated in the loop
body?  I always avoid things like that.