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Le mercredi 23 mars 2016 04:52:02 UTC-4, Peter Otten a écrit :
> Nick Eubank wrote:
> 
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > 
> > Found an odd behavior I'd never known about today, not sure if it's a bug
> > or known. Python 3.4.4 (anaconda). 
> > True, False, 0, 1 can all be used as dictionary keys.
> > 
> > But Apparently True and 1 hash to the same item and False and 0 hash to
> > the same item, so they can easily overwrite (which I spent a while banging
> > my head over today).
> > 
> > In other words:
> > 
> >  In[1]:
> >      d = {True: 'a', False: 'b'}
> >      d[0] = 'z'
> >      d[False]
> > 
> > Out[1]:
> >      'z'
> > 
> > I understand that True and False are sub-types of ints, but it's not clear
> > to me why (i.e. certainly didn't feel intuitive) that they would be
> > treated the same as keys.
> > 
> > Relatedly, if this is a desired behavior, any advice one how best to work
> > with dictionaries when one wants "True" and 1 to be different? I'm working
> > on a function that accepts arguments that may be "True" or 1 (meaning very
> > different things) and am seeking a pythonic solution...


I would include the type in the dictionary key:

d = {}

x = True

d[(type(x), x)] = 42

x = 1

d[(type(x), x)] = "foo"

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0 equals False, was Re: (unknown) Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2016-03-23 09:51 +0100
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