The difference between ++Var and Var++ [duplicate]

tldr; Although both var++ and ++var increment the variable they are applied to, the result returned by var++ is the value of the variable before incrementing, whereas the result returned by ++var is the value of the variable after the increment is applied. Further Explanation When ++var or var++ form a complete statement (as in … Read more

Implementing comparison operators via ‘tuple’ and ‘tie’, a good idea?

This is certainly going to make it easier to write a correct operator than rolling it yourself. I’d say only consider a different approach if profiling shows the comparison operation to be a time-consuming part of your application. Otherwise the ease of maintaining this should outweigh any possible performance concerns.

“x not in y” or “not x in y”

They always give the same result. In fact, not ‘ham’ in ‘spam and eggs’ appears to be special cased to perform a single “not in” operation, rather than an “in” operation and then negating the result: >>> import dis >>> def notin(): ‘ham’ not in ‘spam and eggs’ >>> dis.dis(notin) 2 0 LOAD_CONST 1 (‘ham’) … Read more

Should __ne__ be implemented as the negation of __eq__?

Python, should I implement __ne__() operator based on __eq__? Short Answer: Don’t implement it, but if you must, use ==, not __eq__ In Python 3, != is the negation of == by default, so you are not even required to write a __ne__, and the documentation is no longer opinionated on writing one. Generally speaking, … Read more