When is "i += x" different from "i = i + x" in Python?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1537...

Accepted answer links:
[__iadd__]: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datam...
[__add__]: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datam...
[__radd__]: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datam...
[y.__radd__(x)]: http://docs.python.org/2/reference/datam...

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