Stringify object reference?

sismex01 at hebmex.com sismex01 at hebmex.com
Fri Oct 11 13:22:17 EDT 2002


> From: Alan Kennedy [mailto:alanmk at hotmail.com]
>
> Is there a specific reason why id()'s can't be turned back 
> into objects?  Is it an implementation specific thing? Or is
> it to stop people messing with pointers, etc?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> alan kennedy

It's an implementation-specific thing to stop people from messing
with pointers. ;-)

Seriously tho.. Using a dict indexed by id(obj) seems to be the
best solution for your particular use.

Salutations.

-gustavo




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