Great explanation Alan. I am a newbie at Python but descriptions like this
really help me better understand.
Thanks again.
> To: tutor@python.org
> From: alan.ga...@btinternet.com
> Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:32:41 +0100
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Objects, object references, objec
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
>
> may decide to reuse existing objects. This includes, ints, floats,
> strings, byte strings, tuples, etc. In the particular case of CPython,
> small integers are cached in this way, and so are short strings with no
> whitespace. How small, a
On 18/10/12 04:41, boB Stepp wrote:
From Programming in Python 3, 2nd edition (p. 22-23):
a = ["Retention", 3, None]
b = ["Retention", 3, None]
a is b
False
b = a
a is b
True
My current understanding is as follows: On the first two lines, two
separate objects are defined, stored in two sep
On 10/17/2012 11:41 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
> >From Programming in Python 3, 2nd edition (p. 22-23):
>
a = ["Retention", 3, None]
b = ["Retention", 3, None]
a is b
> False
b = a
a is b
> True
>
> My current understanding is as follows: On the first two lines, two
> separate ob
>From Programming in Python 3, 2nd edition (p. 22-23):
>>> a = ["Retention", 3, None]
>>> b = ["Retention", 3, None]
>>> a is b
False
>>> b = a
>>> a is b
True
My current understanding is as follows: On the first two lines, two
separate objects are defined, stored in two separate blocks of memory
