"""Identity operators @see: https://www.w3schools.com/python/python_operators.asp Identity operators are used to compare the objects, not if they are equal, but if they are actually the same object, with the same memory location. """ def test_identity_operators(): """Identity operators""" # Let's illustrate identity operators based on the following lists. first_fruits_list = ["apple", "banana"] second_fruits_list = ["apple", "banana"] third_fruits_list = first_fruits_list # is # Returns true if both variables are the same object. # Example: # first_fruits_list and third_fruits_list are the same objects. assert first_fruits_list is third_fruits_list # is not # Returns true if both variables are not the same object. # Example: # first_fruits_list and second_fruits_list are not the same objects, even if they have # the same content assert first_fruits_list is not second_fruits_list # To demonstrate the difference between "is" and "==": this comparison returns True because # first_fruits_list is equal to second_fruits_list. assert first_fruits_list == second_fruits_list