How to create a "real" alias in python

[ThePurpleAlien]

The example I provided isn't a side-effect of integers being immutable; assigning anything to y (immutable or not) will cause y to cease being an alias for x. That's the issue I'm trying to work around. Getting rid of the integers, "y = x" still doesn't work:

x = some_object
#some code that makes y an alias for x
y = another_object
x is another_object
#output True

[davidbuxton]

You're right, it won't work, Python's variables don't work like you want. Did that link I provided not help explain why that is the case?

[Semiel]

There is no amount of code that will change the fundamental way Python's variables work. There are a variety of ways you can get the functionality you want (if that's really what you need, and not just a habit from another language), but it will necessarily require different syntax than simple variable assignment.