Interesting behaviour of the assignment

[Emile van Sebille]

IIRC, the integers through 99 are interned, and all
references have the same ID.

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Emile van Sebille
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"June Kim" <junaftnoon at nospamplzyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> >>> a=100
> >>> b=100
> >>> a is b
> 0
> >>> a=99
> >>> b=99
> >>> a is b
> 1
>
> Is this an intended/expected result? What is the lying
structure beneath
> this?
>