[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Barry A. Warsaw]

>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:

    TP> It's INTERN_STRINGS.  I'd like to get rid of it.  Ditto
    TP> DONT_SHARE_SHORT_STRINGS.  Ditto CACHE_HASH and COUNT_ALLOCS,
    TP> for that matter.  BTW, all four are used in
    TP> PyString_FromStringAndSize -- and I'm sure we routinely test
    TP> all 16 preprocessor variations <wink>.

I don't know what half of those do <0.5 wink>, but I'm all for getting
rid of optional stuff that in practice no one ever avails themselves
of.

-Barry