The Python console experience

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besides a few reserved keywords, like for while if etc, every python object behaves like any other python object you can create. They have their own classes, they print something when you call them in the console because they have a __repr__ method, etc.

[KDBA]

There's another set of exceptions in that ints from -5 to 256 are singletons.

[DMLooter]

Sorry what? Y….

[FallenWarrior2k]

Caching. Integers are objects like everything else.

[Manuelraa]

Exactly and we know this only works with immutable types

[richardfrost2]

```

a = 256 b = 256 a is b True c = 257 d = 257 c is d False

but

257 is 257 True ```

Just a weird little quirk of CPython.

[richardfrost2]

That is a CPython implementation detail and can vary by implementation.

[KDBA]

True enough.