[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Objects complexobject.c,2.63,2.64

[Guido van Rossum]

> I think this should be backported but am not certain.
> 
> > complex() was the only numeric constructor that created a new instance
> > when given its own type as an argument.

Hm, it seems a very minor efficiency hack at best.  For immutable
objects, object identity is generally an optimization only and
programs should never depend on it.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)