Message 84151 - Python tracker
Well, this already happen with other types: >>> a = 100 >>> a //= 2.0 >>> a 50.0 >>> d = datetime.datetime.now() >>> d -= datetime.datetime.now() >>> d datetime.timedelta(-1, 86391, 609000) See http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__iadd__ "... return the result (which could be, but does not have to be, self) ..."