Objects in Python

[Roy Smith]

In article <503a2804$0$6574$c3e8da3$5496439d at news.astraweb.com>,
 Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

>>> The mapping of name:address is part of the *compilation* process -- 
>>> the compiler knows that variable 'x' corresponds to location 
>>> 12345678

Just to pick a nit, the compiler probably doesn't know that, but the 
linker does (or maybe even the run-time loader).  However, we can think 
of all of those as just part of the compilation tool chain, and then 
we're good.