""" So I wanted to test "handedness" in Python, around operators, by equating two different instances, each of different parentage. One sees they're the same, the other begs to differ. IDLE 1.1

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from identitycheck import testit testit() a == b? False b == a? True

Original context: a thread on the Math Forum: http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=4866533&tstart=0

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""" class A: """ Begs to differ """ def __eq__(self, other): return False class B: """ I see we're the same """ def __eq__(self, other): return True def testit(): a = A() b = B() print "a == b? ", a==b print "b == a? ", b==a if __name__ == "__main__": testit()