'==' vs. 'is' behavior

[Skip Montanaro]

    Andy> Further experimentation shows that this seems to work for integers
    Andy> through 99, but that starting with 100 the results of the 'is'
    Andy> test return 0, as I would expect.

Python's intobject.c file maintains a cache of the integer objects 0 through
99.  If you check the id() of small integers you'll see they are always
represented by the same object.

read-the-source-luke-ly y'rs,

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