[Python-Dev] d.get_key(key) -> key?

[Greg Ewing]

Guido:

> So let's expose a function that cleans out unused strings from the
> interned dict.  Long-running apps can decide when to call this.

Would it do any harm to call this automatically from
the garbage collector?

I suppose it should be exposed as well, in case you
want it but have GC turned off -- but in the normal
case you shouldn't have to do anything special to
get it.

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