Comparing sequences with range objects

[Chris Angelico]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 at 16:26, Peter J. Holzer <hjp-python at hjp.at> wrote:
> Unless you have a unique immutable identifier that's enforced by
> some authority (like a social security number[1]), I don't think there
> is a chance to do that reliably in a program (although with enough data,
> a heuristic may be good enough).
>

Not sure what your footnote was supposed to be, but I'll offer two
useful footnotes to that:

[1] [a] Though they're not actually immutable either, just less
frequently changing

[1[ [b] Of course, that has privacy implications.

ChrisA