Why =+ instead of+

Hi!

Is there any special reason the syntax for adding to
multilink
properties (such as nosy) uses '=+' as syntax instead of
the, for a
python hacker like me, more natural '+='? 

Cheers,
EF
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On 16/01/2007, at 5:08 AM, Erik Forsberg wrote:
> Is there any special reason the syntax for adding to
multilink
> properties (such as nosy) uses '=+' as syntax instead
of the, for a
> python hacker like me, more natural '+='?

Because when it was written Python didn't *have* += 


     Richard


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