Augmented assignment (was RE: Why should I switch to Python?)

[Fredrik Lundh]

Russell Turpin <noone at do.not.use> wrote:
> > .. Python has a long & unbroken history of adding more "mere 
> > syntactic sugar" with each release, and I don't think any 
> > addition of that nature has been regretted, except for the
> > extent to which "lambda" snuck in on that basis.
> 
> Who would regret lambda?

http://www.deja.com/=dnc/qs.xp?ST=PS&QRY=lambda+%7Ea+guido&OP=dnquery.xp&groups=comp.lang.python

might give you some clues.

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