No, my IDE just always underlines it, so I just always use `is None`.


2013/1/3 Cory Zue <notifications@github.com>

> In soil/util.py:
>
> > @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def expose_download(payload, expiry, backend=None, **kwargs):
> >      you to rely on global defaults if you don't care how things
> >      are stored.
> >      """
> > -    if backend == None:
> > +    if backend is None:
>
> is there a meaningful distinction between these statements?
>
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