[ python-Bugs-1541566 ] bug in python 2.4.3 for windows?

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Bugs item #1541566, was opened at 2006-08-16 20:59
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
Submitted By: tinkiwinky (tinkiwinky)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: bug in python 2.4.3 for windows?

Initial Comment:
y = ["halo:lol","ich:bin","wir:wareum","galopp:kufladen"]
for i in y:
	z = i.split(":")[0]
	if z is "wir":
		print z, "is wir"
	else: print z, "is not wir"


the output from this include: "wir is not wir"
I am using python 2.4.3 on windows xp sp2 german

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-08-16 21:07

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Don't use "is" for string comparison. It compares object
identity, and while this may work in some cases, it does not
in most. Use "==" instead.

Closing as Invalid.

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