Hello everyone
I have a usecase where I'm comparing a UUID instance with string quite
often. A case where I have to convert the UUID instance to a string
using str(uuid_obj), leading to redundant code:
if str(uuid_obj) == uuid:
# do stuff...
In my experience I can't find a case where you wouldn't want the
implicit conversion to string before comparing a UUID with string. So
I would like to propose improving the __eq__ method of UUID to:
def __eq__(self, other):
if isinstance(other, UUID):
return self.int == other.int
elif isinstance(other, str):
return str(self) == other
return NotImplemented
Based on my testing and experience I don't think this is a breaking
change and would be a meaningful change to the way UUID works. Of course
please don't hesitate to change my view or point out any flaws in my
reasoning.
If other people support this change I'd start the work of creating an
issue and PR to get this change implemented.
--
Michael Anckaert
+32 474 066 467
https://www.sinax.be
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