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Support for common python list function

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp
Domain
backend

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the template expression handling and the C++ list value implementation, then trace how method calls are resolved. Done means a template can call common list functions such as append, with coverage for the shown example and related behavior.

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Description

enhancement hacktoberfest

It should be possible to call common python list functions (like append etc.) from the Jinja2 templates. Like this:

{% do some_list.append(10) %}
Dominant language
C++
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602
Forks
115
Avg merge
1h 46m
Merged PRs (30d)
206

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