Boolean identity == True vs is True
It is standard convention to use if foo is None
rather than if foo == None
to test if a value is specifically None
.
If you want to determine whether a value is exactly True
(not just a true-like value), is there any reason to use if foo == True
rather than if foo is True
? Does this vary between implementations such as CPython (2.x and 3.x), Jython, PyPy, etc.?
Example: say True
is used as a singleton value that you want to differentiate from the value 'bar'
, or any other true-like value:
if foo is True: # vs foo == True
...
elif foo == 'bar':
...
Is there a case where using if foo is True
would yield different results from if foo == True
?
NOTE: I am aware of Python booleans - if x:, vs if x == True, vs if x is True. However, it only addresses whether if foo
, if foo == True
, or if foo is True
should generally be used to determine whether foo
has a true-like value.
UPDATE: According to PEP 285 ยง Specification:
The values False and True will be singletons, like None.