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CPython's NoneType Implementation in C (None)

Oct 20, 2026 6 min read Jay Hubbert

None is Python’s “no value” sentinel. There is exactly one instance of NoneType, it is immortal, it has no methods, and comparing it is just pointer equality. In CPython all of …

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