Issue #26511: Reference the id() function in the 'is' and 'is not' docs

9 years ago · 06e18a7c24
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst
@ -1315,8 +1315,9 @@ Identity comparisons
 --------------------

 The operators :keyword:`is` and :keyword:`is not` test for object identity: ``x
-is y`` is true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object.  ``x is not y``
-yields the inverse truth value. [#]_
+is y`` is true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object.  Object identity
+is determined using the :meth:`id` function.  ``x is not y`` yields the inverse
+truth value. [#]_


 .. _booleans: