Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python

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Date	2016-03-02 09:28 -0800
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Subject	Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python
From	Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com>

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On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 10:53:40 PM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Mar 2016 01:11 am, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> 
> > What is missing is the rules that are obeyed by the "is" operator.
> 
> I think what is actually missing is some common bloody sense. The Python
> docs are written in English, and don't define *hundreds*, possible
> *thousands* of words because they are using their normal English meaning.
> 
> The docs for `is` say:
> 
> 6.10.3. Identity comparisons
> 
> The operators is and is not test for object identity: x is y is true if and
> only if x and y are the same object. x is not y yields the inverse truth
> value.
> 
> https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#is-not
> 
> 
> In this case, "same object" carries the normal English meaning of "same" and
> the normal computer science meaning of "object" in the sense of "Object
> Oriented Programming". There's no mystery here, no circular definition.
> 

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity/

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Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Salvatore DI DIO <salvatore.didio@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 00:32 -0800
  Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Jesper K Brogaard <jesper@brogAAaard.eu> - 2016-03-02 10:03 +0100
    Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-02 21:32 +1100
      Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-02 14:34 +0200
        Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 23:50 +1100
          Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-03-02 15:11 +0200
          Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-02 15:39 +0200
            Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 00:48 +1100
              Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-02 16:11 +0200
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 07:08 -0800
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-03 04:23 +1100
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 09:28 -0800
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-02 20:12 +0200
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-03 12:52 +1100
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 09:03 -0800
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 12:53 -0700
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-02 21:49 +0000
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-03 13:05 +1100
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-03 16:09 +0000
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-03 08:52 +1100
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 17:23 -0800
                Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-02 22:51 +0000
              Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-03 04:10 +1100
  Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-02 10:08 +0100
  Effects of caching frequently used objects, was Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-03-02 10:12 +0100
  Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-03-02 11:35 +0200
    Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 08:13 -0700
      Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Jussi Piitulainen <jussi.piitulainen@helsinki.fi> - 2016-03-02 17:37 +0200
  Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-02 21:16 +1100
  Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2016-03-02 11:52 +0100
    Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Salvatore DI DIO <salvatore.didio@gmail.com> - 2016-03-02 02:58 -0800
  Re: Effects of caching frequently used objects, was Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-03-02 09:16 -0500
  Re: Explaining  names  vs variables  in Python Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-03 04:53 +1100
  RE: Effects of caching frequently used objects, was Re: Explaining names  vs variables  in Python Albert-Jan Roskam <sjeik_appie@hotmail.com> - 2016-03-25 13:03 +0000
  Re: Effects of caching frequently used objects, was Re: Explaining names vs variables in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-26 00:22 +1100
  Re: Effects of caching frequently used objects, was Re: Explaining names  vs variables  in Python Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-03-25 09:45 -0700

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