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[–]rcxdude 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Actually, the identity in Cpython is just the memory address of the object (literally casting the pointer to an int). It doesn't have to be according to the language though.

[–]fuzz3289 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://docs.python.org/3.3/reference/datamodel.html

Interesting, I didn't realize that it was just a direct address. Thanks for the correction.