On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 9:43 AM Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 08:13:44AM -0700, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > > Honestly it looks to me like the status quo is perfect. > > Does this example work for you? > > py> (17.1).hex == (17.1).hex > True > > But: > > py> a = 17.1 > py> b = 17.1 > py> a.hex == b.hex > False > > I know why it happens -- at the REPL, the interpreter uses the same > object for both 17.1 instances when they're part of the same statement, > but not when they're on separate lines. I just don't know whether this > is desirable or not. > But there's nothing new about that example. It's just the same as the issue that sometimes `1 is 1` and sometimes it isn't. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido)
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