Fuzzyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What gives ? ... > >>> a = [] > >>> def f(): > return a ... > >>> f() += [4] > SyntaxError: can't assign to function call
Exactly what the error message says: it's syntactically forbidden to perform any assignment on a function-call. If you're keen on these semantics, use for example f().extend([4]) which IS quite legal (or, if you know the RHS list has only one item, f().append(4) is clearer and more effective). Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
