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

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On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> But, you can still have:
>
>>>> print x
> 1.0
>>>> print y
> 1.0
>>>> print x == y
> False
>
>
> which, I know, isn't really what you were talking about, but it is part
> of the general confusion of using floats.

This is partly because of the oh-so-handy magic of Python's float
reprs, rounding them off. Can you do the same trick in Python 3, where
the repr rules changed? If so, I would say this is a potential flaw in
the display, although not really a serious one.

But in terms of the OP's complaint, this is still fine, as the state
must have changed for it to be unequal. If you care about equality
differences and NOT about the above change, well, I think I've found
your solution: instead of "x == y", you should use "repr(x) ==
repr(y)" :)

ChrisA

Thread

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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