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On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it so damn hard to be a bit honest and when asked about is in python to reply:
>
> If you dont know what you are doing, dont use 'is' (None excepted)
> If you know why are you asking?

That seems like a rather unhelpful response.