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8 changes: 2 additions & 6 deletions Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
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Expand Up @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ Objects, values and types
single: data

:dfn:`Objects` are Python's abstraction for data. All data in a Python program
is represented by objects or by relations between objects. (In a sense, and in
conformance to Von Neumann's model of a "stored program computer", code is also
represented by objects.)
is represented by objects or by relations between objects. Even code is
represented by objects.

.. index::
pair: built-in function; id
Expand All @@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ represented by objects.)
single: mutable object
single: immutable object

.. XXX it *is* now possible in some cases to change an object's
type, under certain controlled conditions

Every object has an identity, a type and a value. An object's *identity* never
changes once it has been created; you may think of it as the object's address in
memory. The :keyword:`is` operator compares the identity of two objects; the
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