Josiah Carlson wrote: > def intern(st): > ... > > If I remember the implementation of intern correctly, that's more or > less what happens under the covers.
That doesn't quite give you everything that real interning does, though. The string comparison method knows when both strings are interned, so it can compare them quickly whether they are equal or not. Your version could detect equal strings quickly, but not unequal strings. -- Greg _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
