On 2022-06-21 at 17:04:45 +0000, Avi Gross via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:
> My problem with that idea is, believe it or not, that it is too negative. > What you meant to be seen as a dash is a minus sign to me. And both C and C++ > not only have both a pre and post autoincrement variable using ++x and x++, > they also have autodecrement operators using a minus sign such as --x and x-- > and it can get pretty weird trying to figure out if some code is legal, let > alone what it does, without parentheses. I mean what the heck does this do? > > y = x++-++x That code evokes (or at least can evoke) nasal demons. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undefined_behavior -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
