Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails

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On Thu, 25 Oct 2012 22:04:52 -0400, Terry Reedy wrote:

> Containment of nan in collection is tested by is, not ==.

AFAICT, it isn't specific to NaN. The test used by .index() and "in"
appears to be equivalent to:

	def equal(a, b):
	    return a is b or a == b

IOW, it always checks for object identity before equality.

Replacing NaN with an instance of a user-defined class with a
non-reflexive __eq__() method supports this:

	> class Foo(object):
	=  def __eq__(self, other):
	=   return False
	= 
	> a = Foo()
	> b = Foo()
	> a in [1,2,a,3,4]
	True
	> b in [1,2,a,3,4]
	False
	> [1,2,a,3,4].index(a)
	2
	> [1,2,a,3,4].index(b)
	Traceback (most recent call last):
	  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
	ValueError: <__main__.Foo object at 0x7fa7055b0550> is not in list

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a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 18:46 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-25 22:04 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:44 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 03:54 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 15:26 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:49 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:40 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2012-10-26 13:15 +1100
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails mamboknave@gmail.com - 2012-10-25 19:22 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 03:19 +0100
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 02:33 +0000
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2012-10-28 06:07 -0700
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 04:00 -0400
    Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 16:23 +0000
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-10-26 17:43 +0100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 03:45 +1100
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-10-26 18:40 +0000
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 15:17 -0400
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 12:29 +1100
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-10-26 14:58 -0400
      Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 00:48 -0400
        Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-10-27 08:56 +0200
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-10-27 17:45 +0100
          Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-10-27 13:07 -0400
  Re: a.index(float('nan')) fails Mark Adam <dreamingforward@gmail.com> - 2012-10-27 13:33 -0500

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