Python: Why does (“hello” is “hello”) evaluate as True? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Literal strings are probably grouped based on their hash or something similar. Two of the same literal strings will be stored in the same memory, and any references both refer to that.

 Memory        Code
-------
|          myLine = "hello"
|        /
|hello  <
|        \
|          myLine = "hello"
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