In PYTHON, when copying "LISTS", what is the difference between the following:                first_list =new_list[:]     versus     first_list = new_list What would be the better code so that if I make a change in 'first_list', the changes will also reflect 'new_list' and vice versa?

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In PYTHON, when copying "LISTS", what is the difference between the following:

               first_list =new_list[:]     versus     first_list = new_list

What would be the better code so that if I make a change in 'first_list', the changes will also reflect 'new_list' and vice versa?

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