references and buffer()

[Fredrik Lundh]

km wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> was looking at references  in python...
>  >>> a = 10
>  >>> b = a
>  >>> id(a)
> 153918788
>  >>>id(b)
> 153918788
> 
> where a and b point to the same id. now is this id an address ?

no, it's the object identity, and all it tells you is that both names 
point to the same object.

> can one dereference a value based on address alone in python?

no.

> is id similar to the address of a variable or a class ?

in the CPython implementation, it's the address where the object is 
stored.  but that's an implementation detail.

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