Martin v. Löwis wrote: > Greg Ewing schrieb: > > > The string comparison method knows when both > > strings are interned > > No, it doesn't - see stringobject.c:string_richcompare.
Well, I'm surprised and confused. It's certainly possible to tell very easily whether a string is interned -- there's a PyString_CHECK_INTERNED macro that tests a field in the string object header. But, I can't find anywhere that it's used in the core, apart from the interning code itself and the string alloc/dealloc code. Can anyone shed any light on this? It seems to me that by not using this information, only half the benefit of interning is being achieved. -- 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
