On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote: > At what level can you explain the following? > >>>> x = 1234567 * 1234567 >>>> x > 1524155677489L
Well, for a start, I'd use Python 3, so there's no need to explain why some numbers have an L after them :) > As against > >>>> x = 2*3 >>>> 6 is x > True > > "Interning" you will say. > Is interning a simple matter for example at the level of questioning of the > OP? When it's utterly impossible for it to matter in any way, Python is allowed to reuse objects. I think that's simple enough to explain. There's nothing you can do to distinguish one 6 from another, so Python's allowed to have them the same. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
