[Python-Dev] INPLACE_ADD and INPLACE_MULTIPLY oddities in ceval.c
Greg Ewing
greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Thu Mar 30 02:00:46 CEST 2006
Tim Hochberg wrote:
> Still, perhaps for Py3K it's worth considering
> if PyNumber_InplaceAdd should only call __iadd__ and __add__, not
> __radd__. Thus giving the target object complete control during inplace
> adds.
That's probably reasonable, although it would break
the conceptual notion that a += b is equivalent to
a = a + b when a can't be modified in-place.
Greg
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