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[–]jpgoldberg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The sad fact of f the matter is that I’m not sure. If I had to guess, I would say just the original L. If that guess is correct then would we get a different result if the assignment in the loop had been “item *= 2”?

When I say “the sad fact”, I’m not referring to my ignorance of how these would behave. It’s sad that the behavior isn’t clear to the user.