fam_size = [[0,1,2,3,4], [5,6,7,8,9]]
fam_size
def doThing():
global fam_size
fam_size_local = sum(fam_size, [])
for i in range(5):
fam_size_local.pop(0)
doThing() # expect half of the entries to be removed
fam_size
doThing() # remove the second half, empty fam_size
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