On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 09:53 pm, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 11:28:44AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> > Try in an interactive interpreter:
>> >
>> >python> "a string" is True
>>
>> Did you try that yourself?
>
> Yes, eventually, which is why I corrected myself publicly
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 11:28:44AM +1100, Steve D'Aprano wrote:
> > Try in an interactive interpreter:
> >
> >python> "a string" is True
>
> Did you try that yourself?
Yes, eventually, which is why I corrected myself publicly.
However, while it doesn't return True (as I mistakenly
suggeste
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 03:07 am, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> Try in an interactive interpreter:
>
>python> "a string" is True
Did you try that yourself?
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 05:07:26PM +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> Try in an interactive interpreter:
>
>python> "a string" is True
Or, rather,
python> if 'a string': print 'success'
Sorry,
Karsten
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Try in an interactive interpreter:
python> "a string" is True
Karsten
> Gesendet: Samstag, 04. November 2017 um 16:31 Uhr
> Von: "brandon wallace"
> An: python-list@python.org
> Betreff: Try: Except: evaluates to True every time
>
>
> I have t
On Sun, 5 Nov 2017 02:31 am, brandon wallace wrote:
>
> I have this code that tests a server to see if it is listening on port 123
> runs and evaluates to True every time. Even if the server does not exist but
> it is not supposed to do that. I am getting no error message at all. What is
> going
I have this code that tests a server to see if it is listening on port 123 runs
and evaluates to True every time. Even if the server does not exist but it is
not supposed to do that. I am getting no error message at all. What is going on
with this code?
#!/usr/bin/env python
import socket
On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 2:31 AM, brandon wallace wrote:
>
> I have this code that tests a server to see if it is listening on port 123
> runs and evaluates to True every time. Even if the server does not exist but
> it is not supposed to do that. I am getting no error message at all. What is
> g
