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On 2014-03-05 17:26, Ben Finney wrote:
> > "Jython is an imitation of Cpython and does a good job but not
> > quite as in the case of 'id'"  
> 
> Wrong. Jython and CPython both adhere to the guarantees of object
> identity. Both implementations follow the language reference, and
> neither implementation does object identity better or worse than the
> other.

I think he means "but not quite as [good in making my argument,
despite the fact that the language definition runs contrary to my
mistaken belief] as in [my interpretation of] 'id'"

:-)


-tkc