[Python-Dev] [PEP] += on return of function call result (original) (raw)

Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton lkcl@samba-tng.org
Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:12:33 +0000

On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 09:54:35AM -0500, Andrew Koenig wrote:

Why can't you do this?

for t in range(5): for r in range(10): foo = log.setdefault(r,'') foo += "test %d\n" % t

because i am thick?

... now why didn't that occur to me :)

thanks andrew,

l.

p.s. so it's on the "would be nice to have"