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From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9_Roberge?= <andre.roberge@gmail.com>
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Subject: Puzzled by FiPy's use of "=="
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 04:47:13 -0700 (PDT)
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In FiPy (a finite volume PDE solver), equations are "magically" set up as=
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eqX =3D TransientTerm() =3D=3D ExplicitDiffusionTerm(coeff=3DD)

and solved via

eqX.solve(...)

How can eqX be anything than True or False?...  This must be via a redefini=
tion of "=3D=3D" but I can't see how that is done.  I did look at many of t=
he source files, thinking that it must be via a redefinition of "__eq__" so=
mewhere but with no luck.   Any pointers would be appreciated.