Python Worst Practices

[Chris Angelico]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 7:48 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Dan Sommers <dan at tombstonezero.net> wrote:
>> I don't think I've ever used the builtin function id in a program.
>> Ever.  Not even once.  Honestly, what is a valid use case?
>
> If you have a dict that you want to key on object identity rather than
> equality, then you can use object ids as the keys.

And not forget to hang onto references to all those objects, else
their ids will be meaningless.

ChrisA