Re: Python

"Peter J. Holzer" <[email protected]> Sun, 21 Dec 2025 17:11:26 +0100

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On 2025-12-21 23:59:48 +1100, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Dec 2025 at 23:31, Peter J. Holzer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > There is the concept of "pythonic" Code (just like there is a concept of
> > idiomatic code in (almost) any language), but if you ask 100 randomly
> > chosen Python programmers whether the use of += is pythonic, I doubt
> > that more than a handful would say no.
> >
> 
> I would expect the opposite. It's in the language for a reason. Is it
> somehow more Pythonic to repeat yourself?

I think we agree, but my double negative may have been confusing.

My expectation is:

at most 5% say "no, using += is not pythonic"
at least 95% say "yes, using += is pythonic"

        hjp

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