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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:36:22 +1100
Subject: Re: id() and is operator
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 8:25 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> This is a true statement:
>
>    If X is Y, then id(X) == id(Y).
>
> However, this is generally not a true statement:
>
>    If X is Y, then id(X) is id(Y).

Irrelevant, because the identities of equal integers didn't come into this.

ChrisA