Re: [Python-ideas] Augmented assignment syntax for objects.

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 9:21 AM, Steven D'Aprano steve@pearwood.info wrote:

What happens if you use this syntax in a top-level function rather than a method? (Or a static method?)

def function(x, y, x.attr): ...

(And don't forget that behind the scenes, methods *are* functions.) What would this syntax even mean?

Or if you use some other name other than the first parameter?

def method(self, spam, foo.eggs):

Exactly the same thing as:

def function(*args): x, y, x.attr = args

def method(*args): self, spam, foo.eggs = args

It's well-defined - at least for positional args. Not sure what keyword arg handling would be though.

ChrisA