Python dot-equals (syntax proposal)

[John Bokma]

Chris Rebert <clp2 at rebertia.com> writes:

> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:05 AM, John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:

[..]

>> On top of that, it's not possible in Perl (heh, no surprise there). The
>> only thing that comes close is:
>
> Actually/ironically, it does appear to be in Perl 6:
> """
> Mutating method call
>     $obj.=meth
> The .= operator does inplace modification of the object on the left.
> """ -- Synopsis 3: Perl 6 Operators (http://feather.perl6.nl/syn/S03.html)

I stand correct, thanks.

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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