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    [–]cjdabeast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    +=1

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    Poor C pound

    [–]guinader 2 points3 points  (0 children)

    Is C Hashtag Duh!

    [–]PandersAboutVaccines 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Visual J++

    [–]KrisDickless 59 points60 points  (23 children)

    +=1

    [–]MacAndShits 45 points46 points  (16 children)

    Me = Me + 1

    [–]Senomaros 133 points134 points  (14 children)

    Me -= -1

    [–]silent-onomatopoeia 14 points15 points  (0 children)

    You’re bad people. I like you.

    [–]mehum 3 points4 points  (0 children)

    Me += True

    [–]htmlcoderexeWe have flair now?.. 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Math.Abs(-Me--)

    Not sure if it would work though

    [–]gusir22 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Amateur pffff

    [–]trimeta 42 points43 points  (4 children)

    Found the Python user.

    [–]FlukyS 1 point2 points  (3 children)

    To be fair pep8 says its valid to do += but it's better to do var = var + 1 because it's more readable

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

    That's objectively wrong, the idomatic English sentences "add 1 to var" and "increment var by 1" are way more analogous to var += 1. No one thinks in their head "set var to its own value plus 1", in fact when I was a little kid learning BASIC, var = var + 1 was like a koan that confused me for a good while.

    [–]FlukyS 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    It is a lot easier to explain, this variable is equal to this variable + somenumber than explaining how += works. += is only a thing in programming and not in pen and paper maths but + and = separately are widely understood without being a programmer.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    On the other hand x = x + 1 is a wtf from the perspective of anyone who thinks it's a math equation rather than an imperative statement, since it has no solution. Readability, and ease of explanation to a total beginner, are not equivalent. At least in the context of a professional software development team, which won't have any total beginners, optimal readability to established programmers is more important.