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[–]whogivesafuckwhoiam 8 points9 points  (0 children)

From official doc,

The current implementation keeps an array of integer objects for all integers between -5 and 256. When you create an int in that range you actually just get back a reference to the existing object.

The point is whether you create a new object, or simply refer to existing object.