-1 Implicit type casting leads to hidden errors very often. On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 5:46 PM Michael Anckaert via Python-Dev <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > > Hello everyone > > I have a usecase where I'm comparing a UUID instance with string quite > often. A case where I have to convert the UUID instance to a string > using str(uuid_obj), leading to redundant code: > > if str(uuid_obj) == uuid: > # do stuff... > > In my experience I can't find a case where you wouldn't want the > implicit conversion to string before comparing a UUID with string. So > I would like to propose improving the __eq__ method of UUID to: > > def __eq__(self, other): > if isinstance(other, UUID): > return self.int == other.int > elif isinstance(other, str): > return str(self) == other > return NotImplemented > > Based on my testing and experience I don't think this is a breaking > change and would be a meaningful change to the way UUID works. Of course > please don't hesitate to change my view or point out any flaws in my > reasoning. > > If other people support this change I'd start the work of creating an > issue and PR to get this change implemented. > > -- > Michael Anckaert > +32 474 066 467 > https://www.sinax.be > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/VXLJMWZRZLSFZRNHUITSLAV2O363WG5Q/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
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