Re: Aw: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time

2017-11-05 Thread Steve D'Aprano
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 09:53 pm, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 11:28:44AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > >> > Try in an interactive interpreter: >> > >> >python> "a string" is True >> >> Did you try that yourself? > > Yes, eventually, which is why I corrected myself

Re: Aw: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time

2017-11-05 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 11:28:44AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote: > > Try in an interactive interpreter: > > > >python> "a string" is True > > Did you try that yourself? Yes, eventually, which is why I corrected myself publicly. However, while it doesn't return True (as I mistakenly

Re: Aw: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time

2017-11-04 Thread Steve D'Aprano
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 03:07 am, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > Try in an interactive interpreter: > >python> "a string" is True Did you try that yourself? -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. --

Aw: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time

2017-11-04 Thread Karsten Hilbert
Try in an interactive interpreter: python> "a string" is True Karsten > Gesendet: Samstag, 04. November 2017 um 16:31 Uhr > Von: "brandon wallace" > An: python-list@python.org > Betreff: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time > > > I have this code that tests a server to