On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 22:32:35 +1000 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Chris's initial suggestion was to use "license number" or "social > security number" (i.e. numbers governments assign to people), but I'm > thinking a better comparison might be to vehicle registration numbers, > since that analogy can be extended to the type and value > characteristics in a fairly straightforward way: > > - the object identity is like the registration number or license plate > (unique within the particular system of registering vehicles, but not > unique across systems, and may sometimes be transferred to a new > vehicle after the old one is destroyed) > - the object type is like the make and model (e.g. a 2007 Toyota > Corolla Ascent Sedan) > - the object value is a specific car (e.g. "that white Corolla over > there with 89000 km on the odometer") > > On the other hand, we're talking about the language reference here, > not the tutorial, and understanding memory addressing seems like a > reasonable assumed pre-requisite in that context.
I'd rather keep the reference to memory addressing than start doing car analogies in the reference documentation. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
