Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Think about a more complex assignment:text .= encode(spam) + str(eggs)
I think the only sane thing would be to disallow that, and require the RHS to have the form of a function call, which is always interpreted as a method of the LHS. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/