[Python-Dev] Deprecating builtin id (and moving it to sys())

Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettinger at verizon.net
Wed Aug 17 17:48:57 CEST 2005


[Christian Robottom Reis]
> I've done some searching through my code and id() isn't the most-used
> builtin, so from my perspective the impact would be limited, but of
> course others might think otherwise.
> 
> Is it worth writing a PEP for this, or is it crack?

FWIW, I use id() all the time and like having it as a builtin.


Raymond



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