[Python-Dev] sizeof(long) != sizeof(void*)

[Samuele Pedroni]

At 22:47 06.08.2003 +0200, Samuele Pedroni wrote:

>> > I have just gone through implementing a correct id() for Jython.
>>
>>It sounds like you haven't been looking hard enough. The Java VM
>>certainly has a unique (among "life" objects) identification of
>>objects, which likely also fits into a fixed number of bytes.
>
>Thanks, I did my homework.
>
>why do you think it certainly have to. It doesn't.

btw, I'm amazed how I managed to answer so calmly,next time I won't.