Pointers? In My Python? It's More Likely Than You Think

Ever wondered about the difference between `is` and `==`, or why you might need to use `deepcopy`? Maybe you’ve been stumped by a variable changing when you didn’t expect it to, or an interview question about object lifetimes. Or, perhaps, you just really want to see some tuples behaving badly. Join me for a tour of some of CPython’s dark memory magic and unintuitive behaviours, where we’ll find out:

• What pointers are and where you’ll see them in your code;
• What the `id` of a Python object is, and why it matters;
• How CPython can tell when you’re done using an object, and what happens next

No C knowledge required.