On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:02:49AM +0200, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
Guido van Rossum wrote:
I should add something about the assumed pseudo thread-safety of a+=b.
Simply put:
a += 1 IS NOT ATOMIC!
If that's the case, then why do we need augemented assignments at all ? (I understood the atomicness being the main argument for introducing augmented assigns.)
Nah, that was just something that emerged from my implementation, and only stood up in the face of simple builtin objects. I probably shouldn't have mentioned this ;-P I can't say anything about Guido's reasons for augmented assignment, but mine are ease-of-use, ease of use, and the ease of usage. And-python-is-all-about-ease-of-use-ly y'rs, -- Thomas Wouters <thomas@xs4all.net> Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to help me spread!