Alan asked: > > 2. If I really want a value True will I ever go astray with the test: > > if a is True: > > >>> a = True > > >>> b = 1. > > >>> c = 1 > > >>> a is True, b is True, c is True > > (True, False, False)
"Ziga Seilnacht" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I think that True and False, although they were added in version > 2.3, were not true singeltons until version 2.4. OK, but Python 2.3 yields the same result as above. Ziga wrote: > You should finish > reading the PEP, see especially this part: > - Don't compare boolean values to True or False using == > Yes: if greeting: > No: if greeting == True: > Worse: if greeting is True: I do not think this is relevant to the question I asked, which was how to test for a value of True, if that's what I really want. I think the outcome of this discussion has been: use 'is'. Thanks, Alan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
