== Why is this an issue?

Python has no pre/post increment/decrement operator. For instance, ``x{plus}{plus}`` and ``++x--++`` will fail to parse. More importantly, ``{plus}{plus}x`` and ``++--x++`` will do nothing. To increment a number, simply write ``++x += 1++``.


=== Noncompliant code example

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++x # Noncompliant
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=== Compliant solution

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x += 1
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