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[Marko Rauhamaa]

Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au>:

> Marko Rauhamaa <marko at pacujo.net> writes:
>> When I talk about an object's memory address, I'm not referring to
>> what might be revealed by gdb, for example. That is, I'm not talking
>> about the process's virtual address space, nor am I talking about the
>> physical address on the address bus. I can simply define that the
>> object's memory address is whatever id() returns.
>
> Then this does not count as a leaky abstraction. All you're saying is
> that the ‘id(foo)’ result is a representation of the object identity,
> which is entirely at the level of the abstraction. Nothing is leaked.

I wasn't making a point about a leaky abstraction.

I was just saying talking about id() as a memory address isn't all that
bad. It's a bit like rolling down your power windows or turning up the
volume, when there's nothing to roll or turn. There's no risk of getting
your program wrong.


Marko