Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators

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On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:02 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> If you can tell the difference between x=y and x==y you should be able to
> also distinguish x===y. But I accept that it's a little sub-optimal.

I'm not bothered so much by the "which one is this" confusion as the
"which should this be" confusion. With = and ==, it's easy: = for
assignment, == for comparison. But == and === would both be comparison
operators, and almost never would return different values. People
would use the wrong one frequently, and not know why.

ChrisA

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Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-09 07:00 +0000
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 17:21 +1000
    Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-09 09:17 +0000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 09:20 -0700
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 11:50 -0600
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-07-10 09:16 +1000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2014-07-12 13:54 +0200
        Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-12 16:35 +0000
          Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-13 02:54 +1000
            Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-12 16:39 -0400
          Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsduifb@gmx.de> - 2014-07-12 20:14 +0200
            Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-13 09:01 +1000
              Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-12 19:06 -0400
                Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-13 09:15 +1000
            Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-13 04:48 +0000
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-07-09 18:17 +1000
    Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-09 09:02 +0000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 19:23 +1000
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 05:01 -0700
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-09 08:27 -0400
    Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-09 12:48 +0000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2014-07-09 13:05 -0500
        Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-10 01:10 +0000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 12:31 -0600
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-07-09 16:47 -0400
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-07-09 05:43 -0700
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-07-09 16:27 +0100
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Alex Burke <alexjeffburke@gmail.com> - 2014-07-10 18:33 +0200
  Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-12 03:30 +0000
    Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Alan Bawden <alan@scooby-doo.csail.mit.edu> - 2014-07-12 01:07 -0400
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-07-12 08:05 +0200
        Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Torsten Bronger <bronger@physik.rwth-aachen.de> - 2014-07-12 08:14 +0200
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-12 16:06 +1000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-07-11 23:11 -0700
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-12 16:39 +1000
        Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-07-12 10:06 +0300
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-07-11 23:53 -0700
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-07-12 17:25 +1000
      Re: Proposal: === and !=== operators Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-07-12 08:33 +0000

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