Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines

From	Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de>
Subject	Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines
Date	2011-04-21 14:35 +0200
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> but:
> 
>>>> a = 1001; b = 10001; a is b
> False

I would hope so ;)

> The point is that Python is free to re-use immutable objects, or not re-
> use them, as it sees fit.
 
Indeed, and I even found a Python implementation on my harddisk that does 
what you intended to show:

$ ipy
IronPython 1.1.1 (1.1.1) on .NET 2.0.50727.1433
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>> a = 1001; b = 1001; a is b
False

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Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines vino19 <vinograd19@gmail.com> - 2011-04-21 02:55 -0700
  Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-21 12:13 +0000
    Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2011-04-21 14:35 +0200
      Re: is there a difference between one line and many lines Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-22 00:25 +0000

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