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authorTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2014-05-23 04:34:12 (GMT)
committerTerry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>2014-05-23 04:34:12 (GMT)
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Issue #21545: Add .pop example and tweak comment about pure mutation methods.
Patch prepared by David Harrigan.
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@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ An example that uses most of the list methods::
>>> a.sort()
>>> a
[-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
-modify the list have no return value printed -- they return ``None``. [1]_ This
-is a design principle for all mutable data structures in Python.
+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: