[Numpy-discussion] Casting Bug or a "Feature"?

[Chris Barker - NOAA Federal]

On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:34 PM, Matthieu Brucher

> Of course a += b is not the same as a = a + b. The first one modifies the
> object a, the second one creates a new object and puts it inside a. The
> behavior IS consistent.

Exactly -- if you ask me, the bug is that Python allows "in_place"
operators for immutable objects -- they should be more than syntactic
sugar.

Of course, the temptation for += on regular numbers was just too much to resist.

-Chris

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