In article <4bdcd631$0$27782$c3e8...@news.astraweb.com>, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: >On Sat, 01 May 2010 07:13:42 -0500, Tim Chase wrote: >> >> The += family of operators really do rebind the symbol, not modify the >> object. > >They potentially do both, depending on the object, even for built-ins.
No, they always rebind; sometimes they modify the object and sometimes they rebind the original target to the same object. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code." --Bill Harlan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
