Le mercredi 23 mars 2016 04:52:02 UTC-4, Peter Otten a écrit : > Nick Eubank wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > Found an odd behavior I'd never known about today, not sure if it's a bug > > or known. Python 3.4.4 (anaconda). > > True, False, 0, 1 can all be used as dictionary keys. > > > > But Apparently True and 1 hash to the same item and False and 0 hash to > > the same item, so they can easily overwrite (which I spent a while banging > > my head over today). > > > > In other words: > > > > In[1]: > > d = {True: 'a', False: 'b'} > > d[0] = 'z' > > d[False] > > > > Out[1]: > > 'z' > > > > I understand that True and False are sub-types of ints, but it's not clear > > to me why (i.e. certainly didn't feel intuitive) that they would be > > treated the same as keys. > > > > Relatedly, if this is a desired behavior, any advice one how best to work > > with dictionaries when one wants "True" and 1 to be different? I'm working > > on a function that accepts arguments that may be "True" or 1 (meaning very > > different things) and am seeking a pythonic solution...
I would include the type in the dictionary key: d = {} x = True d[(type(x), x)] = 42 x = 1 d[(type(x), x)] = "foo" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list