2016-04-09 9:52 GMT+02:00 Victor Stinner :
> But the hash is used as an heuristic to decide if a string is "immutable" or
> not, the refcount is also used by the heuristic. If the string is immutable,
> an operation like resize must create a new string.
I'm talking about this private function:
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On 09.04.16 10:52, Victor Stinner wrote:
Le 9 avr. 2016 03:04, "Larry Hastings" mailto:la...@hastings.org>> a écrit :
> Although the str object is immutable from Python's perspective, the C
object itself is mutable. For example, for dynamically-created strings
the hash field may be lazy-compute
Le 9 avr. 2016 03:04, "Larry Hastings" a écrit :
> Although the str object is immutable from Python's perspective, the C
object itself is mutable. For example, for dynamically-created strings the
hash field may be lazy-computed and cached inside the object.
Yes, the hash is computed once on dema
On 9 April 2016 at 10:56, Larry Hastings wrote:
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> I have a straightforward question about the str object, specifically the
> PyUnicodeObject. I've tried reading the source to answer the question
> myself but it's nearly impenetrable. So I was hoping someone here who
> understands the current
I have a straightforward question about the str object, specifically the
PyUnicodeObject. I've tried reading the source to answer the question
myself but it's nearly impenetrable. So I was hoping someone here who
understands the current implementation could answer it for me.
Although the
