is there a difference between one line and many lines

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:35:25 +0200, Peter Otten wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> 
>> but:
>> 
>>>>> a = 1001; b = 10001; a is b
>> False
> 
> I would hope so ;)

Doh!


>> The point is that Python is free to re-use immutable objects, or not
>> re- use them, as it sees fit.
>  
> Indeed, and I even found a Python implementation on my harddisk that
> does what you intended to show:
> 
> $ ipy
> IronPython 1.1.1 (1.1.1) on .NET 2.0.50727.1433 Copyright (c) Microsoft
> Corporation. All rights reserved.
>>>> a = 1001; b = 1001; a is b
> False

Much better, thank you :)




-- 
Steven