Here are some reasons that Python removed them: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1485841/behaviour-of-increment-and-decrement-operators-in-python http://stack

Here are some reasons that Python removed them: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1485841/behaviour-of-increment-and-decrement-operators-in-python http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1485841/behaviour-of-incr... Edit: a nice write up by Chris Lattner: https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0004-remove-pre-post-inc-decrement.md https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposa...