On Jul 24, 6:50 pm, King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am facing a problem where I am really confused about it. > > I am trying to compare to instances using: > > if inst1 == inst2 > > These instances have a overridden method __str__ which returns same > string. The condition result is true although they are different > instances. > > If I use: > > if id(inst1) == id(inst2) > > The results is false. What's happening here? > > If I am trying to store this pair in a set where other instances are > already stored, but it's not storing it. Although I am sure that there > is no pair already stored of same but even if Set is comparing by > using string return by __str__ method then it won't. > > How do I solve this? > > Is this mean when you have overridden __str__ method then it comapre > with results of __str__
No. Do you have a __cmp__ method, or an __eq__ method? Any other __twounderscores__ methods? It is impossible to tell what is going on from your description. Please supply the source of a *short* class that demonstrates the problem, and demonstrate it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
