id == vs is
Roy Smith
roy at panix.com
Mon Oct 27 09:17:34 EDT 2014
In article <mailman.15221.1414379336.18130.python-list at python.org>,
Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:
> The "is" test is more direct and less subject to iffiness because the longer
> expression using id() leaves more scope/time for things to change, and of
> course "id" itself can be rebound to something weird.
Not to mention that Python is case-sensitive and in the code as
presented by the OP:
>>>>Id(x) == id(y)
those are two different functions :-)
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