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[Python-Dev] re: LANL syntax (assignment)

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> > Greg Wilson wrote:
> > 3. "Where is '+=' ?" and "Why can't I redefine assignment?"

> Ka-Ping Yee:
> += would be nice; not a really big deal to me.
> 
> Redefining assignment would get way too confusing, i think.
> __setitem__ has always been good enough for me.

It'll make a big difference to NumPy (avoiding temporaries, etc.).  Also
hard to explain why you can redefine assignment to an array element, but
not to a scalar variable.

Thanks,
Greg

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