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+--- sugar for making pl.List work like Python lists.
+-- The list macro is a factory which generates macros which 'shadow' the variable
+-- and kick in when they are followed by [...].
+require_ 'list'
+
+-- the two forms of 'list' initialization
+-- (altho it grabs values upto '\n', this only happens outside a () or {},
+-- so multi-line initializations are possible
+list ls,lo = {10,20,30},{'A','ay',
+    'B','C'}
+list two
+
+-- the above statements created both the macros 'ls' and values 'ls', etc.
+two:append(1)
+two:append(2)
+
+-- seen as plain table access
+print(ls[2])
+
+-- special treatment for slice notation
+print(ls[1:2])
+
+-- if we are on the LHS, then adjust accordingly
+ls[1:2] = {11,21,22}
+
+print(ls[2:])
+
+print(ls, two, lo)
+
+-- like in Python, this makes a copy of all of the list
+print(ls[:])
+
+
+
+
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