Python Basic Doubt

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 16:42:22 -0400, Roy Smith wrote:

> 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.

/steve cheers from the audience

Thank you for mentioning this. Using Jython:

>>> x = 10
>>> id(x)
1


And using IronPython:

>>> x = 10
>>> id(x)
43


"id" does not stand for "memory address". It stands for "identity".


-- 
Steven