In a message of Fri, 27 Nov 2015 23:57:29 +1100, "Steven D'Aprano" writes: >On Fri, 27 Nov 2015 01:56 pm, MRAB wrote: > >> On 2015-11-27 02:44, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >>> The PyPy implementation has to take special actions to preserve the ID >>> across object recreations. That is what I mean by "faked". >>> >> You could argue that it _does_ continue to exist, it just changes its >> form... > >*Something* continues to exist, but it is no longer an object. > >I like Chris' analogy of it being like quantum mechanics -- the *object* >isn't guaranteed to exist except when you try to access it, until then you >don't know what form it will take at any instance.
I think it's just another instance of Just-In-Time Manufacturing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-time_manufacturing "As soon as you need a object, we'll have one ready". :) Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
