integers
Joshua Marshall
jmarshal at mathworks.com
Tue Jun 5 17:30:14 EDT 2001
Jonathan Gardner <gardner at cardomain.com> wrote:
> Locke wrote:
>> is there such thing as
>> someint++
>> or
>> someint--
>> or
>> someint += 2
>> in python??
>>
>> it is a pain in the butt writing
>> someint = someint + 1
>>
>> Thanks!
> It's also a pain in the butt writing someint += 1 (Yes, I know I am very
> lazy).
> What is the reason that python doesn't have increment or decrement
> operators?
Python isn't C - there's no reason to expect ++ or --. And I'd
personally be against adding these to the language, since += and -= do
increment and decrement nicely. Also, if ++ and -- were introduced
people would probably expect them to be expressions (since they look
like C's ++ and --). This would be another mistake, in my opinion. I
like how Python keeps side-affecting language constructs in the realm
of statements.
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