[BangPypers] Should equality (__eq__) be dependent on the typeof object?

[Noufal Ibrahim]

Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at nibrahim.net.in> writes:

> Shabda Raaj <shabda at agiliq.com> writes:
>
>>> I'd expect it to be False. There will be a small amount of time between
>> the two invocations and the time will change
>>
>> Ok, that makes sense. Should have written a better test case. What about
>> this.
>>
>>>>> datetime.datetime(2013, 1, 1) == datetime.date(2013, 1, 1)
>> False
>>>>> datetime.datetime.today() == datetime.date.today()
>> False
>
> I think that's reasonable. 
>
> "Today" (10/Sep) is not equal to "right now" (10/Sep, 11:28 am).

You'd also get into a 'wat' if

10/Sep 11:30 == 10/Sep

and 

10/Sep 15:30 == 10/Sep

but then, 

10/Sep 11:30 != 10/Sep 15:30

Explicit is better than implicit after all.

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Noufal
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