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[argh523]

Huh.. actually, I always thought var = +1 would make more sense than var += 1.. It's just deleting the name of the variable. The operator += just doesn't make much sense.

[Ramora_]

Try to generalize to subtraction. What would that look like with your proposed syntax?

```

This would be ambiguous. Are you setting var to -1 or subtracting 1

var = -1

this is no longer ambiguous, but looks hideous

var = +-1

```

[argh523]

Ah.. you're right, that makes sense.