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authorSerhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>2019-01-18 05:47:48 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-01-18 05:47:48 (GMT)
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bpo-34850: Emit a warning for "is" and "is not" with a literal. (GH-9642)
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@@ -442,6 +442,13 @@ Changes in Python behavior
in the leftmost :keyword:`!for` clause).
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`10544`.)
+* The compiler now produces a :exc:`SyntaxWarning` when identity checks
+ (``is`` and ``is not``) are used with certain types of literals
+ (e.g. strings, ints). These can often work by accident in CPython,
+ but are not guaranteed by the language spec. The warning advises users
+ to use equality tests (``==`` and ``!=``) instead.
+ (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`34850`.)
+
Changes in the Python API
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