Boris Borcic wrote: >> note that most examples of this type already work, if the target type is >> mutable, and implement the right operations: >> >> def counter(num): >> num = mutable_int(num) >> def inc(): >> num += 1 >> return num >> return inc > > I agree with you (and argued it in "scopes vs augmented assignment vs sets" > recently) that mutating would be sufficient /if/ the compiler would view > augmented assignment as mutations operators
feel free to replace that += with an .add(1) method call; the point wasn't the behaviour of augmented assigment, the point was that that the most common use pattern involves *mutation* of the target object. the syntax isn't that important, really. </F> _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
