[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Right, the paragraph is actually pretty clear after a second > reading. I find it surprising nonetheless, as it's easy to forget > to return a result when you're implementing a method that does an > in-place operation, like __iadd__:
I've recently been bitten by that, and I don't understand the reasoning behind __iadd__'s design. I mean, what is the point of an *in-place* add operation (and others) if it doesn't always work in-place? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list