Hi betmatt,
Not sure how well this would fit the bill: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use Math::BigInt; # for demo

use Inline C => Config =>
 BUILD_NOISY => 1,
;

use Inline C => <<'EOC';

int is(SV * a, SV * b) {
  if(a == b) return 1;
  if(SvROK(a) && SvROK(b)) {
    if(SvRV(a) == SvRV(b)) return 2;
  }
  return 0;
}

EOC

my $x = 15;
my $y = 14;

my $r1 = \$x;
my $r2 = \$x;
my $r3 = \$y;

my $m1 = Math::BigInt->new(7);
my $m2 = $m1;
my $m3 = Math::BigInt->new(7);

print is($x, $y), "\n";
print is($r1, $r2), "\n";
print is($r1, $r1), "\n";
print is($r1, $r3), "\n";
print is($m1, $m2), "\n";
print is($m3, $m2), "\n";

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Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re: Python 'is' command by syphilis
in thread Python 'is' command by betmatt

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