In article <mailman.439.1376166663.1251.python-list at python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote: > Because id(n) is not giving you the address of the NAME. It is giving > you the address of the "10" Actually, it is giving you the id of the int(10) object. Maybe it's an address, maybe it's not. Only your implementation knows for sure.