[Python-ideas] Reverse assignment operators (=+, =-, =*, =/, =//, =**, =%)

[Jelle Zijlstra]

2016-11-14 19:40 GMT-08:00 MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com>:

> On 2016-11-15 02:59, Matthias welp wrote:
> [snip]
>
> e.g. if you use 'a = a + 1', python under the hood interprets it as
>> 'a = a.__add__(1)', but if you use 'a += 1' it uses 'a.__iadd__(1)'.
>>
>
> FTR, 'a += 1' is interpreted as 'a = a.__iadd__(1)'.

Or to be even more pedantic, `a = type(a).__iadd__(a, 1)`.

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