why no ++?

[Markus Schaber]

Hi,

Michael Abbott <michael at rcp.co.uk> schrub:

>> (as long as I didn't miss anything)
> 
> LOL.  I expect we're there now: except of course, you have to add the
> proviso that tmp is a new name not already in use

At least it shouldn't be in use in your own local scope, which is 
relatively easy to guarantee when you write a function.

> Well, I didn't know the detailed semantics, so it's been quite useful
> to learn how this actually works...

:-)

The docs are your friend.

But in most cases, python has a rather intuitive way what happens, 
luckily.

markus
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