What is the id( ) function used for?

Question

I read the Python 2 docs and noticed the id() function:

Return the “identity” of an object. This is an integer (or long integer) which is

Answer 1

As of in python 3 id is assigned to a value not a variable. This means that if you create two functions as below, all the three id's are the same.

>>> def xyz():
...     q=123
...     print(id(q))
...
>>> def iop():
...     w=123
...     print(id(w))
>>> xyz()
1650376736
>>> iop()
1650376736
>>> id(123)
1650376736