Motivation:
In Python, many objects, especially immutable ones like strings, require reassigning variables after method calls:
string = string.replace("o", "x")
While functional, this pattern involves repeated references to the same variable, which can be verbose and error-prone. The proposed .= operator would allow for a more succinct expression:
string .= replace("o", "x")
This change aligns with Python’s emphasis on readability and expressiveness, particularly for scenarios involving chaining multiple transformations.
This maynot be that usefull with string because we can just do this:
string = string.replace(..., ...).lower().strip()
But I can see this proving very usefull
object = object.method(args)
# Will become
object .= method(args)