2008/5/22 Scott Dial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > If we changed Python to slice-by-reference, then tomorrow someone would be > asking why it isn't slice-by-copy. There are pros and cons to both that are
Which are the cons of slice-by-reference of an immutable string? > dependent on your application. It's not hard to imagine applications where > you want to hold onto a small portion of a large string, thereby forcing the > entire string to remain in memory. If a slices had a copy method, then I This is a garbage collection issue. It's real, and maybe could be optimized somehow... but I think that this un-optimization is by far smaller than the optimization of not copying it in the first place. -- . Facundo Blog: http://www.taniquetil.com.ar/plog/ PyAr: http://www.python.org/ar/ _______________________________________________ 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
