[Python-Dev] Reordering opcodes (PEP 203 Augmented Assignment)

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:25:55 +1200 (NZST)


> Imagine what will happen if SET_LINENO disappears <wink> But this is
> very tricky business which is more complicated than it looks like...

Can someone summarise what the issues are with SET_LINENO?
I had the impression that they're not needed for finding the
line numbers in tracebacks. So what would we lose if they
disappeared?

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