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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:43:21 -0600
Subject: Re: __setitem__ without position
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On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 4:13 PM, Kevin Anthony
<kevin.s.anthony@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not supprised... and understand why it's happening.  I'm asking how to
> get around it.
>
> Basically i'm asking how to override, if i can, the `=`

You cannot override assignment of local variables.  To get around it,
use slicing as Dave suggested, or use an attribute instead of a local
variable.