On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:35:31 -0700 (PDT), akva <kiruta at gmail.com> wrote: > > well, frankly I expected a |= b to mean exactly the same as a = a | b > regardless of the object type. So did I. I'm glad your post called this to my attention; I recently told my kid exactly that wrong thing. -- To email me, substitute nowhere->spamcop, invalid->net.