In article <lFQKu.455927$cz.440...@fx31.iad>, Tobiah <t...@tobiah.org> wrote:
> I do this: > > a = 'lasdfjlasdjflaksdjfl;akjsdf;kljasdl;kfjasl' > b = 'lasdfjlasdjflaksdjfl;akjsdf;kljasdl;kfjasl' > > print > print id(a) > print id(b) > > > And get this: > > True > 140329184721376 > 140329184721376 > > > This works for longer strings. Does python > compare a new string to every other string > I've made in order to determine whether it > needs to create a new object? Yes[*]. It's called interning. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intern_(computer_science). [*] Well, nothing requires Python to do that. Some implementations do. Some don't. Some do it for certain types of strings. Your mileage may vary. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list