Coding style and Python versions (was Re: Another itertool function?)

[Aahz]

In article <b8hc64$6n2$1 at slb9.atl.mindspring.net>,
Andrew Dalke <adalke at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>        i = i + 1

I'm a little curious why you didn't write this as 

    i += 1

Any reason (i.e. still need to support 1.5.2) or just habit?  If the
latter, why haven't you changed your habit?
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