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		sametmax on March 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PEP 584 – Add + and – operators to the built-in di... And a = 1 is not equality. Welcome to the world of programming, where we don't all try to match mathematical conventions because many of us suck at maths and are practical.

gizmo385 on March 6, 2019 [–]

There is not rule of math stating that + must always be commutative. It is commutative for real numbers, yes, but there are plenty of use cases mentioned elsewhere in this discussion where + is not commutative.

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