Noam Raphael wrote: > 3. If someone does want to associate values with objects, he can > explicitly use id: > dct[id(x)] = 3.
This is fragile. Once all references to x are dropped, it is possible for another object to be created having the same id that x used to have. The dict now unintentionally references the new object. -- Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--------------------------------------+ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
