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

Daniel 'eikeon' Krech eikeon@eikeon.com
07 Jun 2002 03:26:58 -0400


Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

> > > To solve this, we would have to make the ob_sinterned slot count as a
> > > reference to the interned string.  But then string_dealloc would be
> > > complicated (it would have to call Py_XDECREF(op->ob_sinterned)),
> > > possibly slowing things down.
> > > 
> > > Is this worth it?  
> > 
> > That (latter) change seem "right" regardless of whether interned
> > strings are ever released.
> 
> OK, let's do this.

Cool!