pitfall for your amusement

[Michael Hudson]

Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com> writes:

> I don't like the augmented operations because, depending on the object,
> the operation may or may not be done in-place. 

I can't actually think of the last time I used augmented assignment on
something that wasn't an integer (or maybe a number).

> I think that it is better to be explicit and use assignment or method
> call. That way you know what you are getting.

Certainly I'd write 

    alist.extend(another)

over

    alist += another

Seems to be an unnecessary -- maybe even unwise -- bit of polymorphism.

Cheers,
M.

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