I have problem with the location of hexadecimal memory address in custom reprs.I agree they are "noise" mostly and difficult to distinguish when you need to.
What if use serial numbers to differentiate instances?
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where the serial number starts with 1 and increased for every new instance of that type.
What would happen at a __class__ assignment?
IIUC class assignability is an equivalence relation amongst
types: serial numbers would have to be unique within the
equivalence class, not within the type. Otherwise, they would have
to change (unlike id()), may not round-trip if __class__ were
assigned there and back.
Jeff Allen