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doesn't `[] =` just call a method on the object in python? e.g, `x[0] = 10` is the same as `x.__set_item__(0, 10)`, so there shouldn't be any technical limitat
by wodenokoto 3y ago
doesn't `[] =` just call a method on the object in python?
e.g, `x[0] = 10` is the same as `x.__set_item__(0, 10)`, so there shouldn't be any technical limitation to using `x[0]` (says the guy who never even imported jax)
- maurosilber 3y agoYou could do `y = x.__setitem__(0, 10)`, but you cannot assign `x[0] = 10` to a new variable. If `__setitem__` was overridden, you would not be able to distinguish between these cases and raise an error in the second one.
- wodenokoto 3y agoYes, that makes perfect sense. I somehow completely missed the assignment part of the second example. Thank you for the clarification.