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santiagobasulto on Aug 24, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Weird Python Integers

You're very much right and it's a great suggestion. We just suggest that to our students when they're starting in order to help them avoid issues. But there are exceptions.

sevensor on Aug 25, 2017 [–]

Fair point -- == versus "is" is a pretty subtle distinction and best avoided by novices.

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