From 237dca52ba1e850758a3dd7e46adb78a4f70d43c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Batchelder Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 10:01:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: replace an esoteric Von Neumann mention (#137598) * Docs: replace an esoteric Von Neumann mention * oops, don't need to edit topics.py --- Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 28ef5825159c..882b05e87319 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -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 @@ -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 -- 2.47.3