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Re:Examining ARM vs. x86 Memory Models with Rust by ptx on Saturday June 27, 2020 @12:57PM (#23662954)
In Python, everything is a pointer to a PyObject and always passed by value, so thinking of them as values makes sense. You can even easily get the address of the pointer by calling id on it (but not as easily convert it back).
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Re:Examining ARM vs. x86 Memory Models with Rust by gpderetta on Saturday June 27, 2020 @08:38PM (#23665876)
doesn't id return the address of the pointee?
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Re:Examining ARM vs. x86 Memory Models with Rust by ptx on Sunday June 28, 2020 @04:10AM (#23667403)
Ah, yes - the value of the pointer, which is an address, the address of the pointee. (Even after reading that other thread, I messed up my terminology.)

Actually, id returns a pointer to a PyObject representing an integer, the value of which is the value of the pointer that was passed as an argument, which is the address of the pointee. Right?

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