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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this return a new list or modify the original? I would hope it returns a new one but I would know for sure if there was documentation.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I would hope it modifies the original. It's implied in the name. A function that returns all but the first item should be named something like tail or without_first_item.