[Python-Dev] strop vs. string

Greg Ewing greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz
Mon, 28 May 2001 12:28:41 +1200 (NZST)


Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org>

> "badly" is overstating the problem. It caches a pointer when it shouldn't.
> This doesn't work well

But "doesn't work well" means "can crash the interpreter".
I don't think "badly" is an overstatement here...

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