On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote: .. >> Whereas I read it as 'has the value' (or just 'is' ;=). >> Am I the only one who reads == as "equals"? If you are, you are the only one who reads it correctly. Consider >>> a = 2 >>> a == 2.0 True