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  Re: overriding equals operation Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-16 10:09 -0400

#31404 — Re: overriding equals operation

On 10/16/2012 09:51 AM, Pradipto Banerjee wrote:
> I am trying to define class, where if I use a statement a = b, then instead of "a" pointing to the same instance as "b", it should point to a copy of "b", but I can't get it right.
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The __eq__ method is called for equals comparison, like
      if myinst == otherobj:

There are no hooks for the binding operator (=)




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