diff --git a/.ipynb_checkpoints/not_so_obvious_python_stuff-checkpoint.ipynb b/.ipynb_checkpoints/not_so_obvious_python_stuff-checkpoint.ipynb
index 976101b..aea454a 100644
--- a/.ipynb_checkpoints/not_so_obvious_python_stuff-checkpoint.ipynb
+++ b/.ipynb_checkpoints/not_so_obvious_python_stuff-checkpoint.ipynb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{
"metadata": {
"name": "",
- "signature": "sha256:161acdaa5124ca9e1082a3b0564e8792f64364ea91cd2cff096fdbbff37408ca"
+ "signature": "sha256:e20426bb66111696c7ec4f8d754946061e129b3e332a6cc2fd00331b9540d8c5"
},
"nbformat": 3,
"nbformat_minor": 0,
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@
"\n",
"## Python reuses objects for small integers - always use \"==\" for equality, \"is\" for identity\n",
"\n",
- "This oddity occurs, because Python tends to stores small integers as the same object, but not so for larger ones! \n",
+ "This oddity occurs, because Python keeps an array of small integer objects (i.e., integers between -5 and 256, [see the doc](https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/int.html#PyInt_FromLong)).\n",
+ "\n",
+ "\n",
"(*I received a comment that this is in fact a CPython artefact and must not necessarily be true in all implementations of Python!*)\n",
"\n",
"So the take home message is: always use \"==\" for equality, \"is\" for identity!\n",
diff --git a/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb b/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb
index 976101b..aea454a 100644
--- a/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb
+++ b/not_so_obvious_python_stuff.ipynb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
{
"metadata": {
"name": "",
- "signature": "sha256:161acdaa5124ca9e1082a3b0564e8792f64364ea91cd2cff096fdbbff37408ca"
+ "signature": "sha256:e20426bb66111696c7ec4f8d754946061e129b3e332a6cc2fd00331b9540d8c5"
},
"nbformat": 3,
"nbformat_minor": 0,
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@
"\n",
"## Python reuses objects for small integers - always use \"==\" for equality, \"is\" for identity\n",
"\n",
- "This oddity occurs, because Python tends to stores small integers as the same object, but not so for larger ones! \n",
+ "This oddity occurs, because Python keeps an array of small integer objects (i.e., integers between -5 and 256, [see the doc](https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/int.html#PyInt_FromLong)).\n",
+ "\n",
+ "\n",
"(*I received a comment that this is in fact a CPython artefact and must not necessarily be true in all implementations of Python!*)\n",
"\n",
"So the take home message is: always use \"==\" for equality, \"is\" for identity!\n",