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list_set_slice.py
>>> l = []
>>> l[100:] = ['foo']
>>> l[100]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
IndexError: list index out of range
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If you know the why Python behaves this way, you can earn some imaginary Internet points here:
http://stackoverflow.com/q/40558529/78845

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