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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
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On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> * ... which summarizes my objection in this thread: Python's 'is' leaks the
> machine abstraction. 'id' does it legitimately (somewhat),
> 'is' does it illegitimately

Well, since "if x == None" is buggy as a test for sentinel values,
that means the only legitimate non-buggy way to do it is with "if
id(x) == id(None)", which just seems gross to me.

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  Re: Reference Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 07:52 -0800
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    Re: Reference Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-03-04 08:31 +1100
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