negative numbers are not equal...

[Josh English]

On Aug 14, 1:18 pm, ariel ledesma <fay... at gmail.com> wrote:
> hello guys
>
> i just ran into this when comparing negative numbers, they start
> returning False from -6 down, but only when comparing with 'is'
>
>  >>> m = -5
>  >>> a = -5
>  >>> m is a
> True
>  >>> m = -6
>  >>> a = -6
>  >>> m is a
> False
>  >>> m == a
> True
>
> i read that 'is' compares if they are really the same object, but i
> don't that's it because then why does -5 return True?
> of course i could only use == to compare, but still, what am i missing here?
> thanks in advance
>
> ariel

strange, I get the same thing.

From the docs
The operators is and 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.

so:
>a = b = -6
>a is b
True

It is odd behaviour, but I would stick to '==' when comparing numeric
values