In article <84397edd-4830-4c90-9fb6-f72c74028...@i28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>, Jeremy <jeremy.r.fish...@gmail.com> wrote: > >While guaranteed unique for simultaneously existing objects, how often >will an object assume an ID previously held by former object? Given >that the ID is a memory address in Python's heap, I assume the answer >is either not often, or very often.
Very often: Python 2.4 (#1, Jan 17 2005, 14:59:14) [GCC 3.3.3 (NetBSD nb3 20040520)] on netbsd2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> x = id(object()) >>> y = id(object()) >>> x == y True Sorry, can't help you with your other questions; I'm not familiar with weakrefs. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "Many customs in this life persist because they ease friction and promote productivity as a result of universal agreement, and whether they are precisely the optimal choices is much less important." --Henry Spencer -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
