On 2012-04-21, Kiuhnm wrote:
> Sorry if I wasn't clear. I meant that one should either relies on
> side-effects and write something like
> a.append('x').append('t').append('z')
> or use a more functional style and write
> a = a + [x] + [z]
> Mixing the two doesn't seem very elegant to me.
> I also think that if you need to repeatedly modify an object in the same
> expression, then you should prefer the more functional approach.
> I wasn't suggesting that you didn't know what functional programming and
> side effects are.
> Mine was a justification (maybe opinable) of why append was designed
> that way.
Ok, understood and accepted
Bernd
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