why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)?

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2015-08-17 15:23 -0700
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Subject	why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)?
From	alex.flint@gmail.com

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using Python 2.7.9, I get the following:

>>> id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)
True

But on the other hand:

>>> multiprocessing.Process.start is multiprocessing.Process.start
False

I thought that these two expressions were equivalent. Can somebody help me to understand what's going on here?

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why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)? alex.flint@gmail.com - 2015-08-17 15:23 -0700
  Re: why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)? alex.flint@gmail.com - 2015-08-17 15:25 -0700
    Re: why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 17:11 -0600
    Re: why does id(multiprocessing.Process.start) == id(multiprocessing.Process.start)? random832@fastmail.us - 2015-08-18 00:11 -0400

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