Python list slice syntax used for no obvious reason

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Published on 2008-11-27T12:57:05Z Indexed on 2010/05/20 8:40 UTC
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I occasionally see the list slice syntax used in Python code like this:

newList = oldList[:]

Surely this is just the same as:

newList = oldList

Or am I missing something?

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