Understanding python functions - Instant Python tutorial

[Wayne Brehaut]

On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:49:06 +0200, Wildemar Wildenburger
<wildemar at freakmail.de> wrote:

>Wildemar Wildenburger wrote:
>> x = [1, 2, 3]
>> y = [1, 2, 3]
>> id(x), id(y)
>> x == y
>> x is y
>>   
>Ooops!
>
>Make that:
>
>x = [1, 2, 3]
>y = [1, 2, 3]
>id(x); id(y)
>x == y
>x is y
>
>(had to be a semicolon there)

Not "had to be" since a discerning reader will note that the two
values in the list:

	>>> id(x), id(y)
	(19105872, 19091664)

are different, and can guess that id() means "address of".  But "nicer
to be" perhaps since it makes it even more clea rto discerning
readers, and more likely clear to others.  ;-)

	>>> id(x); id(y)
	19105872
	19091664

wwwayne