Have you heard the one about `is`, `==`, and the £5 note that it’s your pocket?
You may have already come across the fact that `is` and `==` are not the same in Python and cannot be used interchangeably… if you haven’t, you heard it now!
But why? Let’s see what the £5 note has got to do with this story
Let’s assume you and I both have a £5 note in our pocket
[replace with currency of choice]
and
[read “bill” instead of “note” if you wish]
We meet up and go to a coffee shop nearby to buy two coffees which cost £5 altogether
Does it matter which £5 note we use to pay?
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[this is like a Netflix series you can binge on, no need to wait until next week for the next episode, read on in the next toot in this thread…]
@s_gruppetta
Fun fact:
In Python 1 + 1 is 2, but 1000 + 1000 is not 2000.
@folkerschamel if using CPython, as most do. Also, you’ll get a different result if you that in a script rather than the shell/REPL
