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Ben Finney
ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Mon Mar 3 16:10:21 EST 2014
Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> writes:
> Short answer: Avoid using 'is'.
This is bad advice in a Python forum.
The ‘is’ operator is commonly used in Python, so please don't advise
against it in an unqualified “short answer”.
> Long answer: http://www.beyondwilber.ca/healing-thinking/non-identity-korzybski.html
Interesting, but mostly a distraction for the querent here.
Short answer: Use ‘use’ any time you need to compare object identity.
You usually do not need to compare object identity.
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