On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:07 PM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Dan Stromberg <drsali...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 8:41 PM, monkeys paw <mon...@joemoney.net> > wrote: > >> > Does python have an analogy to c/perl incrementer? > >> > > >> > e.g. > >> > > >> > i = 0 > >> > i++ > >> > >> i += 1 > >> > >> If you're doing this for a list index, use enumerate() instead. > > > > There's been discussion of adding i++ to python, but it was felt that the > > small number of saved keystrokes didn't justify the resulting bugs. I > > agree. > > Out of curiosity, what resulting bugs? > > Cheers, > Chris > EG: if debug: print 'This is the %dth issue' % i++ warble = i * 65521 Then warble gets a different value depending on whether you're in debug mode or not, and the source of the problem can take a few glances to catch. Also, just using an expression in a statement context is a little... odd. I know it's the norm in some languages, but I like it that Python maintains a clear distinction. But if you disallow using an expression in a statement context, then the usefulness of i++ is dramatically decreased.
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