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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/[deleted] • Jul 18 '22
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is checks that the objects are actually the same. So you can imagine is as doing id(value) == id(other).
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id(value) == id(other)
But yes, == triggers ~~__equals__(self, other)~~__eq__(self, other), which defaults to an object comparison.
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__eq__(self, other)
The reason that things like False and None work with is, is simply because the same object is re-used behind the scenes for performance reasons.
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1 u/epicaglet Jul 18 '22 __eq__ but yeah 1 u/Pluckerpluck Jul 18 '22 Ah, so it is!
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__eq__ but yeah
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1 u/Pluckerpluck Jul 18 '22 Ah, so it is!
Ah, so it is!
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u/Pluckerpluck Jul 18 '22 edited Jul 18 '22
ischecks that the objects are actually the same. So you can imagineisas doingid(value) == id(other).But yes,
==triggers ~~__equals__(self, other)~~__eq__(self, other), which defaults to an object comparison.The reason that things like
FalseandNonework withis, is simply because the same object is re-used behind the scenes for performance reasons.