Can global variable be passed into Python function?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2014-02-28, Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> wrote:

> Here's a use case for "is" with strings (or ints):
>
>    class Connection:
>        IDLE = "IDLE"
>        CONNECTING = "CONNECTING"
>        CONNECTED = "CONNECTED"
>        DISCONNECTING = "DISCONNECTING"
>        DISCONNECTED = "DISCONNECTED"
>
>        def __init__(self):
>            self.state = IDLE
>
>        def connect(self, address):
>            ...
>            self.state = CONNECTING
>            ...
>
>        def disconnect(self):
>            ...
>            if self.state is CONNECTED:
>                ...

I don't really see the point.  Why won't '==' work just as well?

Are you hoping that 'is' is faster at runtime than '=='?

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