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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-07-01 20:50:02 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-07-01 20:50:02 (GMT)
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#1410739: add a footnote about "is" and "unusual" behavior.
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@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ The operator :keyword:`not in` is defined to have the inverse true value of
The operators :keyword:`is` and :keyword:`is not` test for object identity: ``x
is y`` is true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object. ``x is not y``
-yields the inverse truth value.
+yields the inverse truth value. [#]_
.. _booleans:
@@ -1352,3 +1352,7 @@ groups from right to left).
only, but this caused surprises because people expected to be able to test a
dictionary for emptiness by comparing it to ``{}``.
+.. [#] Due to automatic garbage-collection, free lists, and the dynamic nature of
+ descriptors, you may notice seemingly unusual behaviour in certain uses of
+ the :keyword:`is` operator, like those involving comparisons between instance
+ methods, or constants. Check their documentation for more info.