On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Being an implementation detail, CPython is free to change it at any > time, without warning or notice, even in a bug-fix release. If CPython > ever gets a memory manager that can move objects around, as they can > move in Jython and IronPython, CPython will also have to change id(). >
To clarify: If that were to happen, CPython would change *the description of the id() function*, not the IDs returned. The IDs returned must be constant for the lifetime of the object, as that's what Python-the-language demands and guarantees. ChrisA _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
