mk <mrk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hm, apparently Python didn't spot that 'spam'*10 in a's values is really > the same string, right?
If you want it to spot that then give it a hint that it should be looking
for identical strings:
>>> a={}
>>> for i in range(10000000):
... a[i]=intern('spam'*10)
should reduce your memory use somewhat.
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