Issue #11141: Fix the shelve documentation to use a list, not a range object.

Patch by SilentGhost.
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Antoine Pitrou 2011-02-07 23:10:33 +00:00
parent da397903c9
commit 631507d1c6
2 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
* Joakim Sernbrant * Joakim Sernbrant
* Justin Sheehy * Justin Sheehy
* Charlie Shepherd * Charlie Shepherd
* SilentGhost
* Michael Simcich * Michael Simcich
* Ionel Simionescu * Ionel Simionescu
* Michael Sloan * Michael Sloan

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@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ object)::
klist = list(d.keys()) # a list of all existing keys (slow!) klist = list(d.keys()) # a list of all existing keys (slow!)
# as d was opened WITHOUT writeback=True, beware: # as d was opened WITHOUT writeback=True, beware:
d['xx'] = range(4) # this works as expected, but... d['xx'] = [0, 1, 2] # this works as expected, but...
d['xx'].append(5) # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL range(4)! d['xx'].append(3) # *this doesn't!* -- d['xx'] is STILL [0, 1, 2]!
# having opened d without writeback=True, you need to code carefully: # having opened d without writeback=True, you need to code carefully:
temp = d['xx'] # extracts the copy temp = d['xx'] # extracts the copy