Augmented Assignment (was: Re: PEP scepticism)

[Rainer Deyke]

"David Bolen" <db3l at fitlinxx.com> wrote in message
news:uwv5wjepu.fsf at ctwd0143.fitlinxx.com...
> I think that if the operation is phrased from the start as an action
> undertaken by the source object itself and that the source object's
> mutability can affect behavior, that it's not too big of a hurdle.

This dual meaning of augmented assignment makes it dangerous: to get
reliable behavior, you need to be absolutely sure whether or not your object
is mutable before you attempt augmented assignment.  I cringe in horror when
I think about people intentionally using the dual meaning of augmented
assignment.


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