*= is undocumented for lists

[stutzbach]

BPO	8736

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title = '*= is undocumented for lists'
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[ysjray]

Does *= need document? I think the documentation of * for all sequence type can already cover the *= usage.

[stutzbach]

Good point, since I see now that *= (and +=) also works on immutable sequence types (though does something subtly different). I always forget that.