Python Gotcha's?

[John Gordon]

In <7367295.815.1333578860181.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums at ynpp8> Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka at gmail.com> writes:

> Greetings,

> I'm going to give a "Python Gotcha's" talk at work.
> If you have an interesting/common "Gotcha" (warts/dark corners ...)
> please share.

This is fairly pedestrian as gotchas go, but it has bitten me:

If you are working with data that is representable as either an integer
or a string, choose one and stick to it.  Treating it as both/either will
eventually lead to grief.

Or, in other words: 1 != '1'

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