[Python-Dev] redefining is

[Andrew Koenig]

> You've said that a few times.  

Yes I did, but I was asked again so I answered again :-)

> While the concept is clear and easily
> implemented: by adding a special method that defaults to 'is' but is
> done differently for tuples, numbers and strings.  But I'm not sure
> what having this check available would buy me.  Can you show some
> application that would actually use this in a way that can't be easily
> done without a language addition?

You said you wanted to exchange some more email during the conference, but
this is getting silly :-)  Let's find some time to talk about it.