id(a) == id(b) and a is not b --> bug?

[Gerrit Holl]

Hi,

according to the reference manual:

The `is' operator compares the identity of two objects; the id() function returns an integer representing its identity

This would mean that "id(a) == id(b)" is the same as "a is b".
However:

#!/usr/bin/env python

class autosuper(type):
    def __init__(cls, name, bases, dict):
        s = super(cls)
        setattr(cls, "super", s)
        setattr(cls, "super2", s)

class A:
    __metaclass__ = autosuper
    def meth(self):
        print "id's equal =>", id(self.super) == id(self.super2)
        print "same object =>",  self.super is self.super2

A().meth()

Results in:

$ python meta.py
id's equal => True
same object => False

Is this a bug? It is true both for Python 2.3b1+ and Python 2.2.

yours,
Gerrit.

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