Emanuele D'Arrigo wrote: >>>> c = "/a" >>>> d = "/a" >>>> c == d > True # all good so far >>>> c is d > False # eeeeek! > > Why c and d point to two different objects with an identical string > content rather than the same object?
Because you instantiated two difference objects. http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#objects-values-and-types should get you started on Python and objects. j -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
