Issue #26511: Reference the id() function in the 'is' and 'is not' docs

97503f76 · Raymond Hettinger · e5265467 · 97503f76
Commit 97503f76 authored Sep 11, 2016 by Raymond Hettinger
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@@ -1315,8 +1315,9 @@ Identity comparisons
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 The operators :keyword:`is` and :keyword:`is not` test for object identity: ``x
-is y`` is true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object.  ``x is not y``
-yields the inverse truth value. [#]_
+is y`` is true if and only if *x* and *y* are the same object.  Object identity
+is determined using the :meth:`id` function.  ``x is not y`` yields the inverse
+truth value. [#]_


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