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request. Oftentimes this is the ID of the user object in a database.
identity
- An identity is an object identifying the user associated with the
- current request. The identity can be any object, but should implement a
- ``__str__`` method that outputs a corresponding :term:`userid`.
+ An identity is an object identifying the user associated with the current request.
+ The object can be of any shape, such as a simple ID string or an ORM object.
security policy
A security policy in :app:`Pyramid` terms is an object implementing the