Oct. 26, 2003
5:31 p.m.
Alex Martelli wrote:
- I think augmented assignments CAN be made "rebinding" without breaking code, since currently a += 1 fails if a is neither local nor global.
You are right about the breaking code, but I would still slightly prefer to eschew this just for simplicity -- see also below. [ ... ] I think rebinding nonlocals should be rare enough that the fact of having to write e.g. "a := a+1" rather than "a += 1" is a very minor problem. [ ... ]
Minor, sure, but I think it's an unnecessary restriction, just like many people think Python's current inability to assign to outer scopes is unneccesary. If we have a rebinding operator, it'll be very surprising if augmented assignment ISN'T rebinding. It's just such a natural fit. Just