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Asked: 2026-05-27T07:53:37+00:00

There is code: def somefun(): print hi print somefun Result is: <function somefun at

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There is code:

def somefun():
    print "hi"
print somefun

Result is:

<function somefun at 0x0153DDF0>

What’s 0x0153DDF0?

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is the result of a call to repr – the number in question is the address of the function in memory.

    According to the doc for repr:

    […] the representation is a string enclosed in angle brackets that contains the name of the type of the object together with additional information often including the name and address of the object.

    (emphasis mine)

    You will also find that this is the number returned by a call to hex(id(somefun))

    NOTE – this being the address in memory is an implementation detail of CPython, and should not be relied upon. See the doc for id for more detail.

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