Francis Avila francisgavila at yahoo.com
Sat Dec 6 17:17:54 EST 2003

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Skip Montanaro wrote in message ...
> The
>correct way to compare two strings is using '==' (which is independent of
>CPython's implementation details), not 'is'.


I think it's better to say that the only time you *use* 'is' is when you
*know* the object you're comparing to is a singleton (None, True, or False).

Every other time, use '=='.  And don't be deceived by 'is' working
sometimes.
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