Michael Broe wrote: > I just discovered the following behavior, but can't find any > documentation about it: > > >>> list = [] > >>> list = list + 'abc' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > TypeError: can only concatenate list (not "str") to list > > but: > > >>> list = [] > >>> list += 'abc' > >>> list > ['a', 'b', 'c']
There was a recent thread on c.l.py that started with exactly this question. The consensus seems to be that it is a mistake but oh well. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/c96f9830c6919354/94cab5c3b99a9ffa?tvc=1#94cab5c3b99a9ffa Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
