Mike Meyer enlightened us with: >> I think type 'object' has only one value, so that's it. > > In that case, they should all be equal, right? > >>>> object() == object() > False
You compare instances of the type 'object'. They both have one value: >>> object() <object object at 0xb7ddb438> >>> object() <object object at 0xb7ddb440> So the claim "type 'object' has only one value" is true. It's just not the same value for all instances. Sybren -- The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? Frank Zappa -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list