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[Python-Dev] A proposal has surfaced on comp.lang.python to redefine "is"

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At 06:17 PM 3/17/04 -0500, Andrew Koenig wrote:
>(I'm partly expecting a response of
>"It's not Pythonic," but I don't actually know why not).

Three reasons why not:

Simple is better than complex.
In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.

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