python - Get object by id()?

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If the object is still there, this can be done by ctypes:

import ctypes
a = "hello world"
print ctypes.cast(id(a), ctypes.py_object).value

output:

hello world

If you don't know whether the object is still there, this is a recipe for undefined behavior and weird crashes or worse, so be careful.