increment/decrement operators

[D'Arcy J.M. Cain]

On Sat, 5 Dec 2015 13:56:47 +0100
Robin Koch <robin.koch at t-online.de> wrote:
> x += y works. (Well, it should.)

It does, even on objects other than numbers.

>>> x = "abc"
>>> y = "def"
>>> x += y
>>> x
'abcdef'

> x++ doesn't.

No but it's just a special case of the above.

>>> x = 1
>>> x += 1
>>> x
2

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