On Fri, 06 May 2011 19:51:31 +0200, =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=89ric_Araujo?= <mer...@netwok.org> wrote: > regrtest helpfully reports when a test leaves the environment unclean > (sys.path, os.environ, logging._handlerList), but I think the > implementation is buggy: it compares object identity and then value. > Why is comparing identity useful? Iâd just use ==. It makes writing > cleanup code easier (just use addCleanup(setattr, obj, 'attr', > copy(obj.attr))).
Well, the implementation is intentional. Nick (I think) added the identity check, and he had a reason at the time. I don't remember what it was, though. -- R. David Murray http://www.bitdance.com
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