In Ruby, why does inspect() print out some kind of object id which is different from what object_id(
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When the p function is used to print out an object, it may give an ID, and it is different from what object_id() gives. What is the reason for the different numbers?
>> a = Point.new
=> #<Point:0x4684abc>
>> a.object_id
=> 36971870
>> a.__id__
=> 36971870
>> "%X" % a.object_id
=> "234255E"
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