Re: [Numpy-discussion] augmented assignment and in-place operations

2008-10-29 Thread Robert Kern
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 22:37, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/29/2008 3:43 PM Robert Kern wrote: >> The defining characteristic is >> that "x = y" should be equivalent to "x = x y" except >> possibly for *optional* in-place semantics. > > This gets at a bit of the Language Referen

Re: [Numpy-discussion] augmented assignment and in-place operations

2008-10-29 Thread Alan G Isaac
On 10/29/2008 3:43 PM Robert Kern wrote: > The defining characteristic is > that "x = y" should be equivalent to "x = x y" except > possibly for *optional* in-place semantics. This gets at a bit of the Language Reference that I've never understood. when possible, the actual operation