[issue14182] collections.Counter equality test thrown-off by zero counts
Mark Dickinson
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Aug 7 09:15:26 CEST 2012
Mark Dickinson added the comment:
> Raymond, Stephen's analysis seems correct. Are we missing something or
> can this issue be closed?
Well, depending on how you think about Counters, the current behaviour of equality definitely leads to some surprises. For example:
>>> Counter(a = 3) + Counter(b = 0) == Counter(a = 3, b = 0)
False
OTOH, if we're consistent about regarding a count of 0 as 'equivalent' to a missing element, then __nonzero__ / __bool__ probably needs changing, too.
>>> c = Counter(a = 0)
>>> bool(c)
True
>>> bool(c + c)
False
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nosy: +mark.dickinson
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