Alex Martelli wrote: > Integer objects that are once generated are kept around in a "free list" > against the probability that they might be needed again in the future (a
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 2 2007, 16:56:35) [GCC 4.1.2 (Ubuntu 4.1.2-0ubuntu4)] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = 1000 >>> y = 1000 >>> x is y False Why don't x and y point to the same object then? Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list