oh wow... it gets better... >>> x = "test!" >>> y = "test!" >>> x is y False >>> x = "test" >>> y = "test" >>> x is y True >>>
... I had no clue. I guess the take-away lesson is to steer clear from any reliance on object identity checks, if at all possible. Are there any other such "optimizations" one should like to know about? v. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
