Class equivalence?

[Pedro B. Gomes Costa]

Hi!

"is" is used to check for object identity (if they reference the same
physical memory location).

>>>class Flower: pass
>>>class Daisy(Flower): pass

>>>aDaisyInstance = Daisy()
>>>anotheraDaisyInstance = aDaisyInstance
>>>anotheraDaisyInstance is aDaisyInstance
1

Comnparing with Java (btw, I have all your books...):
String str1, str2;

str1 == str2   - > str1 is str2 (in python)
str1.equals(str2) -> str1 == str2 (in python)

Hope it helps

Pedro Costa
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> >>> class Flower: pass
> >>> class Daisy(Flower): pass
> >>> Daisy is Flower
> 0
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