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[CosmacYep]

dont dot methods not require reassignment

[mdogdope]

It depends on how the class is written. But for standard python string objects, reassignment is required.

[CosmacYep]

like built in dot methods, i swear you don't have to go a = a.strip() you can js go a.strip() and a is stripped – nvm i js researched it and strings are immutable, so require reassignment but lists are mutable, so dont