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Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment

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On 03/07/2014 10:35, candide wrote:
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>> >From that link:
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>> """
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>> An augmented assignment expression like x += 1 can be rewritten as x =
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>> x + 1 to achieve a similar, but not exactly equal effect. In the
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>> augmented version, x is only evaluated once. Also, when possible, the
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>> actual operation is performed in-place, meaning that rather than
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>> creating a new object and assigning that to the target, the old object
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>> is modified instead.
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>> """
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>> The significance here is that the augmented assignment may not
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>> necessarily be at all comparable to the non-augmented version, but
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>> ought to have *approximately* the same *intention*.
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> This is not my reading.
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>> of situations where the two will differ, eg when there are multiple
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>> references to the same object:
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>>>>> a = b = [1,2]
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>>>>> a += [3]
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>>>>> a,b
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>> ([1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 3])
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>>>>> a = a + [4]
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>>>>> a,b
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>> ([1, 2, 3, 4], [1, 2, 3])
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> OK but this behavior is in conformance with the Reference Manual (cf. your quote above : "when possible, the actual operation is performed in-place"). This is not my point because the doc explictly claims that "an augmented assignment [...] performs the binary operation specific to the type of assignment on the two operands".
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To get the wording changed to satisfy yourself, either raise an issue on 
the bug tracker at bugs.python.org and attach a patch file, or send an 
email with suggested wording to docs@python.org.

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TypeError expected in an augmented assignment candide <c.candide@laposte.net> - 2014-07-02 19:39 -0700
  Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-07-02 22:57 -0400
    Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment candide <c.candide@laposte.net> - 2014-07-03 00:51 -0700
      Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-03 18:36 +1000
        Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment candide <c.candide@laposte.net> - 2014-07-03 02:35 -0700
          Re: TypeError expected in an augmented assignment Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-07-03 13:43 +0100

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