[Python-Dev] Alternative implementation of string interning

[Jack Jansen]

On Monday, July 1, 2002, at 11:12 , Tim Peters wrote:

> [Oren Tirosh, on <http://python.org/sf/576101>]
>> ...
>> Interned strings are no longer immortal.  They die when their refcnt
>> reaches 0 just like any other object.
>
> This may be a problem.  Code now can rely on that 
> id(some_interned_string)
> stays the same across the life of a run.

The macimport code relies on the ids remaining the same. But it is easy 
to fix (just add an incref). I'll also change it to use 
PyString_CheckInterned.
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