Comments on: Python versus Java

By: lopex

lopex — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:27:45 +0000

if Python had true closures, this one would work

def fun1(a):
def fun2():
a+=1
return fun2

f=fun1(2)
f()

fortunately there are workarounds

Kris — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:19:41 +0000

Thanks Luis,

I must look thru the Python documentation once more (haven’t seen it in a year or so).

Luis Bruno — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:10:30 +0000

I think this is correct:

a+b translates into a.__add__(b)
a+=b translates into a.__iadd__(b)

Anyway, a search for __iadd__ in Python’s documentation index might be useful.