subject:"Object identity \(was\: Reference\)"

Re: Object identity (was: Reference)

2014-03-03 Thread ast

thanks ben, that's clear -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Object identity (was: Reference)

2014-03-03 Thread Ben Finney

"ast" writes: > >>> A=7 > >>> B=7 > >>> A is B > True > > I understand that there is a single object 7 somewhere in memory and > both variables A and B point toward this object 7 Try not to think in terms of “point to”. Rather, the names “A” and “B” are bound to that object. The distinction is