Surprise using the 'is' operator

[wesley chun]

as a side note, the ints that are cached (for current versions of
Python) are in range(-1, 100)... is this documented somewhere? i know
it's subject to change.  and as already mentioned, you probably
wouldn't use "is" this way in real code... i know you are just
reinforcing your learning of the difference between object *value*
comparison vs. object *identity* comparison. what you've discovered,
however, is important in learning Python... i have material in my
intro course and the book dedicated to this subject.

cheers,
-- wesley
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