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What is the id=xxx next to variable entries in the Eclipse Debugger

What is the id=xxx next to variable entries in the Eclipse Debugger> I know it seems to uniquely identify the object. But what I can't tell is what it's relationship to the object is.

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auser Avatar asked Jul 25 '12 13:07

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The ID number is arbitrarily assigned by the eclipse debugger, it is just a clue that can help when you are debugging to easily figure out if two variables are pointing to the same object or not ...

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aleroot Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 08:09

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