[Python-Dev] Alternative implementation of string interning

[Tim Peters]

[Jack Jansen]
> I'm afraid so. Or, actually, "afraid so" sounds too apologetic:-):
> interned strings were specifically defined to be immortal.

[Oren Tirosh]
> I know it says so in the doc, but I always tended to look at it as an
> implementation limitation rather than a feature...

Me too:  I always read it as a warning not to use interning "too much".
However, you can see how far common sense goes once users get ahold of a
thing <wink>.