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@ -35,12 +35,19 @@ represented by objects.) |
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Every object has an identity, a type and a value. An object's *identity* never |
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changes once it has been created; you may think of it as the object's address in |
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memory. The ':keyword:`is`' operator compares the identity of two objects; the |
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:func:`id` function returns an integer representing its identity (currently |
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implemented as its address). An object's :dfn:`type` is also unchangeable. [#]_ |
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:func:`id` function returns an integer representing its identity. |
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.. impl-detail:: |
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For CPython, ``id(x)`` is the memory address where ``x`` is stored. |
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An object's type determines the operations that the object supports (e.g., "does |
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it have a length?") and also defines the possible values for objects of that |
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type. The :func:`type` function returns an object's type (which is an object |
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itself). The *value* of some objects can change. Objects whose value can |
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itself). Like its identity, an object's :dfn:`type` is also unchangeable. |
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[#]_ |
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The *value* of some objects can change. Objects whose value can |
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change are said to be *mutable*; objects whose value is unchangeable once they |
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are created are called *immutable*. (The value of an immutable container object |
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that contains a reference to a mutable object can change when the latter's value |
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User-defined classes have :meth:`__eq__` and :meth:`__hash__` methods |
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by default; with them, all objects compare unequal (except with themselves) |
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and ``x.__hash__()`` returns ``id(x)``. |
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and ``x.__hash__()`` returns an appropriate value such that ``x == y`` |
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implies both that ``x is y`` and ``hash(x) == hash(y)``. |
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.. impl-detail:: |
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CPython uses ``hash(id(x))`` as the default hash for class instances. |
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Classes which inherit a :meth:`__hash__` method from a parent class but |
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change the meaning of :meth:`__eq__` such that the hash value returned is no |
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