Seemingly odd 'is' comparison.

[Erik Max Francis]

Tobiah wrote:

>>>> print float(3.0) is float(3.0)
> True
>>>> print float(3.0 * 1.0) is float(3.0)
> False
>>>>     

It's implementation dependent what values these expressions will take.

If you're trying to test equality, use `==`, not `is`.

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