Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>: >>From each other, of course they're distinct, because they are unequal. > > They are *not* necessarily distinct from other strings with equal > value, defined elsewhere. That's what has been pointed out to you many > times.
That point is completely irrelevant. The state objects only need to be distinct from each other. How do I know? I originally wrote the example. > So, either you care about these values being distinct from all others > because you want to compare them with ‘is’ (and so strings are a poor > choice); Strings are as good objects for the purpose as any and have some nice advantages during troubleshooting and logging. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
