Bug Report for python-list-pop #4238

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rickboot opened this issue Jun 6, 2025 · 0 comments

rickboot commented Jun 6, 2025

The text lesson explains that pop() mutates a list, but does not explain that it returns the value popped from the list.

A beginner might not realize that the following will return a number instead of the mutated list:

return mylist.pop(index)

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