In the context, why can't I cancel the list by skipping the last item in the same bracket?

Question

In Python, I can install endwhich I want in the snippet:

l = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
l[:-1] = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]

I can also set the necessary step:

l[::-1] = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

So why can't I cancel a list that skips the last item at a time? I mean why this is happening:

l[:-1:-1] = []

To get the expected result using slices, I have to do:

l[:-1][::-1] = [4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

Does this have anything to do with field priority? The order in which actions occur during slicing?

Answer 1

You can, but you have to do it like this:

>>> x[-2::-1]
[4, 3, 2, 1, 0]

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