On Nov 29, 12:41 am, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:22:09 -0800, Den wrote:
> > With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a language
> > construct should be rare. All constructs should be used
> > *appropriately*.
>
> And if those appropriate conditions are rare, then
On Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:22:09 -0800, Den wrote:
> With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a language
> construct should be rare. All constructs should be used
> *appropriately*.
And if those appropriate conditions are rare, then the use of the
appropriate construct should also be ra
On Nov 29, 5:22 am, Den wrote:
> On Nov 26, 3:01 pm, Steven D'Aprano > That is correct. You probably should rarely use `is`. Apart from testing
> > for None, use of `is` should be rare.
>
> With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a language
> construct should be rare. All constructs
Den wrote:
With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a language
construct should be rare. All constructs should be used
*appropriately*.
+1
~Ethan~
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On Nov 26, 3:01 pm, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:20:36 +0100, candide wrote:
>>SNIP<<
>
> That is correct. You probably should rarely use `is`. Apart from testing
> for None, use of `is` should be rare.
>
> --
> Steven
With respect, I disagree with advice that the use of a lang
candide wrote:
In which cases should we use the is() function ? The is() function
compares identity of objects rather than values so I was wondering in
which circumstances comparing identities of objects is really vital.
Examining well reputated Python source code, I realize that is()
functio
On Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:20:36 +0100, candide wrote:
> In which cases should we use the is() function ? The is() function
> compares identity of objects rather than values so I was wondering in
> which circumstances comparing identities of objects is really vital.
`is` is not a function. It is a ke
On 26.11.2011 22:20, candide wrote:
You already got answers for the "is" vs. "==" difference. I'd like
to add the following.
In which cases should we use the is() function ?
"is" is not a function, It's an operator, just like == or +.
is() function makes comparaison of (abstract represent
On Sun, Nov 27, 2011 at 8:20 AM, candide wrote:
> is() function makes comparaison of (abstract representation of) adresses of
> objects in memory. Comparing addresses of objects is a low level feature
> performed by low level langages such as C but seldom needed in high level
> languages like Pyth
In article <4ed15825$0$21841$426a3...@news.free.fr>,
candide wrote:
> In which cases should we use the is() function ? The is() function
> compares identity of objects rather than values so I was wondering in
> which circumstances comparing identities of objects is really vital.
>
> Examining
In which cases should we use the is() function ? The is() function
compares identity of objects rather than values so I was wondering in
which circumstances comparing identities of objects is really vital.
Examining well reputated Python source code, I realize that is()
function is mainly used
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