On 2019-12-03 8:44 p.m., Greg Ewing wrote:
On 4/12/19 7:26 am, Andrew Barnert via Python-ideas wrote:
If you’re using interning for functionality, to distinguish two equal
strings that came from different inputs or processes, your code is
probably broken.
That's not what interning is normally used for. Usually it's
to allow test for equality to be replaced by tests for identity.
That's not what interning is normally used for. It's for lowering RAM usage.
Okay, sometimes it's also used for that. But the main use-case is for
lowering RAM usage for immutable objects.
Granted, Python doesn't have immutable objects, so you're basically just
hoping nobody messes with the returned objects...
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