Looks like single expression statements are handled a bit differently than multiple expression statements:
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23) [GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> n = 4000; m = 4000; n is m True >>> n = 4000 >>> m = 4000 >>> n is m False >>> On Fri, Jul 7, 2017 at 2:29 AM, Dan Wissme <wis...@free.fr> wrote: > Le 06/07/2017 à 20:56, Nathan Ernst a écrit : > >> In Python, "==" is not a reference equality operator (and I hate Java for >> their misuse of the operator), so I absolutely disagree with using the >> Java >> description to describe Python's "==" operator, primarily because, well, >> it's wrong. Simple example: >> >> With Python 3.5.2 (should hold for any version 2.4 or greater): >> >>> a = 1 >>>>> b = 1 >>>>> a == b >>>>> >>>> True >> >>> a is b >>>>> >>>> True >> >>> c = 1000 >>>>> d = 1000 >>>>> c == d >>>>> >>>> True >> >>> c is d >>>>> >>>> False >> > > Strange behavior in Python 3.6.0 > >>> i = 3000 > >>> j = 3000 > >>> i is j > False > >>> n = 4000 ; m = 4000 ; n is m > True > > dan > > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
