On Jun 20, 9:38 am, Jean-Paul Calderone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:31:57 -0700 (PDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I am not certain why this is the case, but... > > >>>> a = 256 > >>>> b = 256 > >>>> a is b > >True > > >>>> a = 257 > >>>> b = 257 > >>>> a is b > >False > > >Can anyone explain this further? Why does it happen? 8-bit integer > >differences? > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-November/113994.html > > Jean-Paul
Thank you for this Jean-Paul. I did know about the identity of objects, but my curiosity is based on the 256 number. Are the 2^8 integers cached due to the internal loops, or is there any other specific reason? Is this something that can be controlled? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
