Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Yes, but why is '-' and 'foo' cached, and not '--'? Do you know what
> the basis of the choice is?
Caches such as intern dictionary/set and one-character cache are
specific to the implementation (and also to its version version,
etc.). In this case '-'
Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> In [1]: a = '--'
>>>
>>> In [2]: a is '--'
>>> Out[2]: False
>>>
>>> In [4]: a = '-'
>>>
>>> In [5]: a is '-'
>>> Out[5]: True
>>>
>>> In [6]: a = 'foo'
>>>
>>> In [7]: a is 'foo'
>>> Out[7]: True
>>
>> Yes, this happens because of small objects caching.
On Jun 19, 5:13 am, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT), Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Jun 19, 2:26 am, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Hi everybody,
>
> >> I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is'
Faheem Mitha wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT), Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jun 19, 2:26 am, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi everybody,
I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is'
checks if the object is the same. However, in that ca
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:57:44 -0700 (PDT), Lie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 19, 2:26 am, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is'
>> checks if the object is the same. However, in that case, why thi
On Jun 19, 2:26 am, Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is'
> checks if the object is the same. However, in that case, why this
> inconsistency for short strings? I would expect a 'False' for all three
> c
Hi everybody,
I was wondering if anyone can explain this. My understanding is that 'is'
checks if the object is the same. However, in that case, why this
inconsistency for short strings? I would expect a 'False' for all three
comparisons. This is reproducible across two different machines, so
