在python中,若要遍历一个list而且需要在遍历时修改list,则需要十分注意,因为这样可能会导致死循环,例如:

In [10]: ls = ['hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']

In [11]: for item in ls:
   ....:     if len(item) > 5:
   ....:         ls.insert(0, item)
   ....:         print ls
   ....:         
['bugggggggg', 'hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']
['bugggggggg', 'bugggggggg', 'hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']
['bugggggggg', 'bugggggggg', 'bugggggggg', 'hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']
...

所以,为了安全起见,在遇到需要修改列表的时候,都不对列表本身进行遍历,而是创建一个列表的备份,然后对这个备份进行遍历,从而避免了上述情形。例如:

In [20]: In [10]: ls = ['hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']

In [21]: for item in ls[:]:
   ....:     if len(item) > 5:
   ....:         ls.insert(0, item)
   ....:         

In [22]: print(ls)
['bugggggggg', 'hello', 'world', 'bugggggggg']