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# Common Mistakes about Python

* Python doesn't have pass by reference
* \#131 search the non-contiguous subarray, use BackTracking algorithm, $$T =  O(2^n)$$​; If ask to search the contiguous aubarray, use BruteForce algorithm, $$T = O(n^2)$$​