Update sum comment. (#18240)

brandtbucher · web-flow · commit abb9a448dee3 · 2020-02-01T11:08:34.000Z
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -2440,7 +2440,11 @@ builtin_sum_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *iterable, PyObject *start)
              empty = []
              sum([[x] for x in range(10)], empty)
 
-           would change the value of empty. */
+           would change the value of empty. In fact, using
+           in-place addition rather that binary addition for
+           any of the steps introduces subtle behavior changes:
+           
+           https://bugs.python.org/issue18305 */
         temp = PyNumber_Add(result, item);
         Py_DECREF(result);
         Py_DECREF(item);
