class a(object):
pass
b = a()
print id(b)
20441744Is it possible to get the instance from this number/address?
mayapower
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Jump to PostI don't think there's a built-in way to do this. Of course you can roll your own with a dictionary, viz:
class a(object): IDmap = {} def __init__(self): a.IDmap[id(self)] = self b = a() print id(b) # 13975472 print a.IDmap[id(b)] # <__main__.a object at 0x00D53FB0>Of course, …
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BearofNH
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I don't think there's a built-in way to do this. Of course you can roll your own with a dictionary, viz:
class a(object):
IDmap = {}
def __init__(self):
a.IDmap[id(self)] = self
b = a()
print id(b) # 13975472
print a.IDmap[id(b)] # <__main__.a object at 0x00D53FB0>Of course, 0x00D53FB0 == 13975472
tomleo
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Newbie Poster
Isn't the number just an arbitrary pointer to a place in the memory that has been allocated for the given instance?
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