Commit cc798377 authored by Terry Jan Reedy's avatar Terry Jan Reedy

Issue #21545: Add .pop example and tweak comment about pure mutation methods.

Patch prepared by David Harrigan.
parent fd613498
...@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ An example that uses most of the list methods:: ...@@ -99,6 +99,15 @@ An example that uses most of the list methods::
>>> a.sort() >>> a.sort()
>>> a >>> a
[-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5] [-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333, 1234.5]
>>> a.pop()
1234.5
>>> a
[-1, 1, 66.25, 333, 333]
You might have noticed that methods like ``insert``, ``remove`` or ``sort`` that
only modify the list have no return value printed -- they return the default
``None``. [1]_ This is a design principle for all mutable data structures in
Python.
.. _tut-lists-as-stacks: .. _tut-lists-as-stacks:
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...@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ Barry Hantman ...@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ Barry Hantman
Lynda Hardman Lynda Hardman
Derek Harland Derek Harland
Jason Harper Jason Harper
David Harrigan
Brian Harring Brian Harring
Jonathan Hartley Jonathan Hartley
Travis B. Hartwell Travis B. Hartwell
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