Wrongly evaluated equality comparison

Reporting a bug

• I have tried using the latest released version of Numba: yes, using version 0.54.1 (7 October, 2021)
• I have included a self contained code sample to reproduce the problem.

bug.py

from numba import njit


@njit
def func(x: float):
    print("x:", x)

    if x > 1:
        action = "a"
    elif x < -1:
        action = "b"
    else:
        action = None

    print("action:", action, action == "a", action == "b")

    if action == "a":
        print("performing action a")
    elif action == "b":
        print("performing action b")


func(1.2)

Output

x: 1.2
action: a False False

Apparently the condition action == "a" is wrongly evaluated.

Expected Output

This is the output when running with plain Python, i.e., removing @njit:

x: 1.2
action: a True False
performing action a

[sklam]

Yes, it does cover it, but I’ll add a link to reference the reproducer in #7480.

[esc]

Thanks a lot for the quick fix!

Is the related comparison issue I mentioned covered by #7480 or should I report it separately (or is it working as expected in the first place 😉)?

I think it is covered. @sklam do you agree?