[Python-Dev] RE: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Objects listobject.c, 2.218, 2.219

[Raymond Hettinger]

>   	 * complain about the unused name.
>   	 */
> ! 	return status, v;
>   }
> 
> --- 863,867 ----
>   	 * complain about the unused name.
>   	 */
> ! 	return status++, v;

Does anyone else see this as perverse?  I have to think hard about
whether all the compilers are smart enough to optimize this away
(probably, but maybe not).  More importantly, it is obfuscated C and
makes my stomach churn.  This particular case introduces several lines
for an assertion that is probably not worth the surrounding mess.  Does
anyone have a better way?


Raymond