On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 2:54 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Insisting that Python has pointers is like insisting that you use a text >> editor by flipping bits. "What happens if I press Ctrl-X?" "Well, these >> bits on the screen flip from black to white, these bits flip from white to >> black, and these stay the same." >> > > This is from the docs > https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#id > > id(object) > > Return the "identity" of an object. This is an integer which is > guaranteed to be unique and constant for this object during its lifetime. Two > objects with non-overlapping lifetimes may have the same id() value. > > CPython implementation detail: This is the address of the object in > memory.
*Python* does not have addresses. *CPython* is an implementation of the Python language which uses memory. Jython uses Java objects, and thus doesn't have memory addresses. PyPy doesn't keep things at fixed locations in memory, and maintains a separate concept of object identities, even though it is implemented using some form of system memory. Python does not have pointers or addresses. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
