On Monday 23 November 2009 10:49:38 Emile Anclin wrote: > Hello, > > On Wednesday 18 November 2009 22:19:26 James Lingard wrote: > > x = y = 0 > > print ++x > > > > ************* Module pylint-misc > > E9800: 2: Use of the non-existent ++ operator > > I have a little doubt about this message. I would not say, there is a use > of an "non-existent operator". > > It isn't an error, simply it will be considered as "(+(+a))" :
I fail to see a single case where it makes sense to write ++x in Python. Sure it is syntactically correct but: * in the best case it's a typo (the author wanted to write +x and typed + twice) * in the worst case, the author is a C programmer and meant something else * it is anyway visually confusing and disgraceful. Therefore, imo it deserves an Error. -- Alexandre Fayolle LOGILAB, Paris (France) Formations Python, Zope, Plone, Debian: http://www.logilab.fr/formations Développement logiciel sur mesure: http://www.logilab.fr/services Informatique scientifique: http://www.logilab.fr/science _______________________________________________ Python-Projects mailing list Python-Projects@lists.logilab.org http://lists.logilab.org/mailman/listinfo/python-projects
