special operator =+

[Steve Holden]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> bearophileHUGS at lycos.com wrote:
> 
>>kenny Nguyen>Does anyone know the operator "=+"?
>>
>>It isn't an operator, it's equivalent to = (assignment) only.
> 
> 
> Though actually it would try to call the __pos__ method on the object 
> prior to binding it to the name on the left side.  (Much as - would call 
> the __neg__ method if it existed.)  :-)
> 
Technically one shouldn't really say "it", since the sequence can only 
occur in an assignment or a keyword argument specification, and in all 
cases it's actually two symbols, an "=" followed by a unary "+" operator.

regards
  Steve
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