Re: Direct vs indirect [was Re: why () is () and [] is [] work in other way?]

2012-04-27 Thread Adam Skutt
On Apr 27, 1:06 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:42:36 -0700, Adam Skutt wrote: > > On Apr 26, 5:10 am, Steven D'Aprano > +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > >> But I was actually referring to something more fundamental than that. > >> The statement "a is b" is a *direct*

Direct vs indirect [was Re: why () is () and [] is [] work in other way?]

2012-04-27 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 04:42:36 -0700, Adam Skutt wrote: > On Apr 26, 5:10 am, Steven D'Aprano +comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> But I was actually referring to something more fundamental than that. >> The statement "a is b" is a *direct* statement of identity. "John is my >> father." "id(