An oddity in list comparison and element assignment

[michael.f.ellis at gmail.com]

Truthfully, I wouldn't mind it at all.  In Python, I frequently write
things like
   i == int(f)
or vice versa just to avoid subtle bugs that sometimes creep in when
later modifications to code change the original assumptions.

When working in C, I always set the compiler for maximum warnings and
do my damndest to make them all go away. In the long run, time spent on
rigorous coding always repays itself with interest in time saved
debugging.

Mike

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> michael.f.ellis at gmail.com wrote:
>
> > With all due respect to your well-deserved standing in the Python
> > community, I'm not convinced that equality shouldn't imply invariance
> > under identical operations.
>
> Doo you really want
>
> 	2 == 2.0
>
> to be False?
>
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