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Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ]

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Date Mon, 13 May 2013 22:48:28 +0100
Subject Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ]
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On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 13 May 2013 19:28:29 +0100, Fábio Santos wrote:
>
>> I think it is more readable. When doing more complicated statements I
>> use != instead, but when it's a single test I prefer not … ==
>>
>> It's a personal thing. It may also have to do with the fact that I
>> didn't know python had != when I was a novice.
>> On 13 May 2013 19:08, "Ned Batchelder" <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
>>
>
> I would then still write it as not (x == y) to make it clear to myself &
> avoid any possible confusion although I think that X != Y is much
> cleaner.
> 2 lines from the zen stand out here:-
>
> Explicit is better than implicit.
> in the face of ambiguity refuse the temptation to guess.
>

And here I was, thinking I was being pythonic. I hope other people
using my code will be able to understand it well, not just myself, so
using the most common idioms should be the best way to go.


--
Fábio Santos

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Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] "Mr. Joe" <titanix88@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 05:23 +0600
  Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-13 09:59 +0000
    Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 18:26 +0100
    Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2013-05-13 14:08 -0400
    Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 04:15 +1000
    Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 19:28 +0100
      Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-13 21:17 +0000
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Fábio Santos <fabiosantosart@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 22:48 +0100
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-05-13 23:53 +0100
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-05-13 19:22 -0400
          Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-14 05:09 +0000
            Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-14 19:01 -0400
              Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-15 00:15 +0000
                Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-05-14 22:20 -0400
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8825@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 18:27 -0500
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-05-13 17:32 -0600
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-05-14 05:21 +0000
          Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Alister <alister.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2013-05-15 14:41 +0000
        Re: Differences of "!=" operator behavior in python3 and python2 [ bug? ] Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-05-14 17:31 +1000

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