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

[eric jones]

Barry Warsaw wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 12:37, Jeremy Hylton wrote:
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>>I'd like to see the builtin id() removed so that I can use it as a
>>local variable name without clashing with the builtin name.  I
>>certainly use the id() function, but not as often as I have a local
>>variable I'd like to name id.  
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>Same here.
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>>The sys module seems like a natural
>>place to put id(), since it is exposing something about the
>>implementation of Python rather than something about the language; the
>>language offers the is operator to check ids.
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>+1
>-Barry
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+1

eric