On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 22:01 -0500, Raymond Hettinger wrote: > [Me] > > There is a semantic difference between > > code like s+=t and s.update(t). The former only works when t is a set > > and the latter works for any iterable. When the C code corresponds to > > the Python code, that knowledge is kept intact and there is no confusion > > between > > PyNumber_InPlaceAdd(s,t) vs PyObject_CallMethod(s, "update", "(O)", t). > > Of course, that should have been s|=t and PyNumber_InPlaceOr().
Heh, my point exactly. You wouldn't have gotten confused about PySet_Update(). :) -Barry
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