[Numpy-discussion] Casting Bug or a "Feature"?

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On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Matthieu Brucher
<matthieu.brucher at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Actually, this behavior is already present in other languages, so I'm -1 on
> additional verbosity.
> Of course a += b is not the same as a = a + b. The first one modifies the
> object a, the second one creates a new object and puts it inside a. The
> behavior IS consistent.

The inplace operation is standard, but my guess is that the silent
downcasting is not.

in python

>>> a = 1
>>> a += 5.3
>>> a
6.2999999999999998
>>> a = 1
>>> a *= 1j
>>> a
1j

I have no idea about other languages.

Josef

>
> Cheers,
>
> Matthieu
>
>
> 2013/1/17 Paul Anton Letnes <paul.anton.letnes at gmail.com>
>>
>> On 17.01.2013 04:43, Patrick Marsh wrote:
>> > Thanks, everyone for chiming in.  Now that I know this behavior
>> > exists, I can explicitly prevent it in my code. However, it would be
>> > nice if a warning or something was generated to alert users about the
>> > inconsistency between var += ... and var = var + ...
>> >
>> >
>> > Patrick
>> >
>>
>> I agree wholeheartedly. I actually, for a long time, used to believe
>> that python would translate
>> a += b
>> to
>> a = a + b
>> and was bitten several times by this bug. A warning (which can be
>> silenced if you desperately want to) would be really nice, imho.
>>
>> Keep up the good work,
>> Paul
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