Python evaluates comparison of integer and character with the same value as False

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I ran into this interesting little 'gotcha' this evening, consider the following code snippet:

( chr(1) == 1 )

This comparison evaluates to False on Python 2.7.4, is this a feature or a bug?, If a feature, can anyone explain the reasoning behind this design decision?

Pavel Anossov · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-22 21:45:39Z

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There's no "char" type in python, chr returns a string of length one, and with strong typing it doesn't make sense for any string to be equal to any integer.

answered Apr 22, 2013 at 21:45

Pavel Anossov

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Gearoid Murphy Over a year ago

Ah, my bad, too much time in C and C++ environments :)

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