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Why there are no ++ and — operators in Python?
++i is legal. But it's the unary + operator.
And i++ is illegal.
Why Python decides not support the ++ operator in normal way?
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2What sort of answer are you expecting to this question? Doesn't it require one of the people who worked on it to come round and explain the thinking? – Ben Dec 13 '12 at 09:55
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1Define "normal". Why do you need `i++` if `i += 1` does the job? – Blender Dec 13 '12 at 09:57
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1@louxiu I admit it's hard to search for `++` and `--` :-) – sloth Dec 13 '12 at 09:58
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@DominicKexel Yeah... I tried to search it. :-) – louxiu Dec 13 '12 at 09:59
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Terminology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Increment_and_decrement_operators – YXD Dec 13 '12 at 10:46