gh-145300: Document bytearray.extend() behavior when mutating during …#145637
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…uring iteration Add a note to sequence.extend() documentation clarifying that bytearray behaves differently from list and array.array when extending a sequence with itself during iteration. bytearray captures the length at the start and can at most double the original length, while list and array.array pick up elements as they're added, potentially leading to unbounded growth.
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The DPO thread is still ongoing so I'm closing it for now.
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Thanks for the update. I’ll follow the discussion and be happy to update the documentation once the behavior is settled. |
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Add a note to sequence.extend() documentation clarifying that bytearray behaves differently from list and array.array when extending a sequence with itself during iteration. bytearray captures the length at the start and can at most double the original length, while list and array.array pick up elements as they're added, potentially leading to unbounded growth.
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