Python List Pop equivalente

# Python pop() equivalent
mylist = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e']
# remove 'b'
mylist = mylist[:1] + mylist[1+1:]
# return ['a', 'c', 'd', 'e']
A = 0
A, mylist = A + 9, mylist[:1] + mylist[1+1:]
# return 9 ['a', 'd', 'e']
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