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Okay, now... variableA = 1 (true) and variableB = 42 (true). Suppose we want to compare the values of them to see if they're the same or different. A simple check of
if variableA == variableBwill return False, because while they're both set to 'true', they're set to different values of 'true'. It could get problematic and become a way to introduce really weird bugs.