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You slice a[::2] and then modify the result. What happens to a?
- AIt changes, because basic slicing returns a view onto the same buffer
- BIt is unaffected, since slicing always copies
- CIt raises an error about writing to a read-only array
- DIt depends on whether the array is contiguous
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