When Python gives you the memory location of an object, what's that for?
<p>When python gives me the location of an object in memory, what is that for, other than distinguishing between instances in the interactive prompt?</p>

<p>Example:</p>

<pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt;inspect.walktree
&lt;function walktree at 0x2a97410&gt;
</code></pre>
