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Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 07:54:12 +1000
Subject: Re: Coolest Python recipe of all time
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> wrote:
> We should have a separate thread for the most practical, best
> documented, least surprising, and most boring recipe ;-)

a += b   # Adds b to a in-place. Polymorphic - works on a wide variety of types.

You didn't say it had to be complicated...

Chris Angelico