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import sys
a = [1,2,3]
print(f"a address is {hex(id(a))}")
'''# a is passing into a function, so a counter become 2,
can't use normal python to check
'''
print(f"a ref count is {sys.getrefcount(a)}")
''' # python internal get refer count but a is double
count, due to passing the argumenet into a function
write a function with c code, we pass the address of
the variable instead of variable name '''
import ctypes
def ref_count(address: int):
return ctypes.c_long.from_address(address).value
print(f"a cref count is : {ref_count(id(a))}")
b = a
print(f"b address is {hex(id(b))}")
print(f"a cref count is : {ref_count(id(a))}")
# id(a) is done then pass into ref_count
#
b = None
print(f"b address is gone {hex(id(b))}")
'''keep the id of a and see what happen after
a is pointing to other value '''
a_id = id(a)
a = None
print(f"a address content {ref_count(a_id)}")
# check the address
c = 10
d=11
print(f"a address content is {ref_count(a_id)}")
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