(I was using *small* integers).
Fredrik Lundh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
small integers is what the phrase small integers in the small
integers and small integers parts of my reply referred too, of course.
But aren't *small* integers likely to be smaller than small integers?
Alan Isaac
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I just recently realized that the comparison operator is actually
works for comparing numeric values. Now, I know that its intended use
is for testing object identity, but I have used it for a few other
things, such as type checking, and I was just wondering whether or not
it is considered bad
On 17 Jun 2006 00:49:51 -0700, Mike Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just recently realized that the comparison operator is actually
works for comparing numeric values. Now, I know that its intended use
is for testing object identity, but I have used it for a few other
things, such as type
Mike Duffy wrote:
I just recently realized that the comparison operator is actually
works for comparing numeric values.
except that it doesn't work.
Now, I know that its intended use is for testing object identity, but
I have used it for a few other things, such as type checking, and I
Jean-Paul Calderone wrote:
On 17 Jun 2006 00:49:51 -0700, Mike Duffy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just recently realized that the comparison operator is actually
works for comparing numeric values. Now, I know that its intended use
is for testing object identity, but I have used it for a few
Fredrik Lundh wrote:
except that it doesn't work.
writing broken code is never a good practice.
With all due respect, for some reason it seems to work on my machine.
Because I certainly agree with you about writing broken code.
Python 2.4.2 (#1, Jan 17 2006, 16:52:02)
[GCC 4.0.0 20041026
Mike Duffy wrote:
writing broken code is never a good practice.
With all due respect, for some reason it seems to work on my machine.
if you always work with 5-item sequences, you don't need the test at all.
/F
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Gary Herron wrote:
100 is (99+1)
False
2 is (1+1)
True
100 is 100
True
This is highly implementation dependent. The current (C) implementation
of Python has a cache for small integers, so the attempt to compare
values with is works for some small integers, and fails for some large
Mike Duffy wrote:
Ahh, thank you. That explains why Fredrick's and Jean-Paul's example
did not work, but mine did (I was using *small* integers).
small integers is what the phrase small integers in the small
integers and small integers parts of my reply referred too, of course.
/F
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Mike Duffy wrote:
I just recently realized that the comparison operator is actually
works for comparing numeric values.
It's only an implementation detail of CPython (and is only true for
small integers - you'll find the limit in the CPython source code), not
part of the language
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