Tuple assignment and generators?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

vdrab wrote:

> Wow, so, to see if I understand correctly:
> 
>>>> r = 0
>>>> s = 0
>>>> t = 100001
>>>> u = 100001
>>>> r == s
> True
>>>> t == u
> True
>>>> r is s
> True
>>>> t is u
> False
>>>> ... ?
> 
> what the...?
> does anybody else get mighty uncomfortable about this?

#include <stdio.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  int a = 1;
  int b = 1;
  printf("a == b: %i\n", a == b);
  printf("&a == &b: %i\n", &a == &b);
  return 0;
}

droggisch at ganesha:/tmp$ ./test
a == b: 1
&a == &b: 0


Feeling the same might uncomfortableness? Get used to it: object identity
and two objects being part of an equality-relation are two different
beasts. It can get even worse: I can define an object (in C++ as well as in
python) that is not even equal to itself. Not that I felt the need for that
so far....

So: don't use object identity where you want equality. In all languages.

Diez