On Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:42:31 +0200, Thomas Rachel wrote: > Two objects can be equal (=) without being identical (≡), but not the > other way.
>>> x = float('nan') >>> y = x >>> x is y True >>> x == y False By the way, in mathematics, ≡ normally means "is equivalent to", which is not quite the same as "identical to". http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Equivalent.html -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list