This isn't a good example to test with, since 3 is an immutable object, as is 300 and all ints.
It's more meaningful if the objects are mutable. Why do you want to test identity in the first place? Roose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sorry about removing my message, I posted with the wrong google > account, I don't really want my email where those irritating spam bots > can find it. > >>The most obvious way (as usual ?): >> >>if obj1 is obj2: >> // your code here > > I immediately thought of is, and tested it in the console, but it > didn't work quite like I expected: > >>foo = 3 >>bar = 3 >>zoo = foo >>foo is zoo > True >>foo is bar > True >>zoo is bar > True > > clearly foo and bar have the same value but they are different objects > aren't they? Yet applying the is operator yields True. > > Thanks, > -Dan > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
