On 2025-12-18 04:25:35 -0500, c186282 wrote: > On 12/18/25 01:54, rbowman wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Dec 2025 23:02:24 -0500, c186282 wrote: > > > > > Oh, I usually write "i=i+2". It's a bit more clear and becomes the > > > same code anyway. += is more a 'C' thing. > > > > And Python, C#, JavaScript, C++, ... > > Well, I know it *works* ... I just choose not > to do it in Python. Everyone has their 'style'.
Yes, but that's *your* style, not Python style.
There is the concept of "pythonic" Code (just like there is a concept of
idiomatic code in (almost) any language), but if you ask 100 randomly
chosen Python programmers whether the use of += is pythonic, I doubt
that more than a handful would say no.
hjp
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