[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions

[Guido van Rossum]

> It's INTERN_STRINGS.  I'd like to get rid of it.  Ditto
> DONT_SHARE_SHORT_STRINGS.  Ditto CACHE_HASH and COUNT_ALLOCS, for that
> matter.

INTERN_STRINGS and CACHE_HASH should always be on (as they are by
default).

DONT_SHARE_SHORT_STRINGS should always be off (as it is by default).

COUNT_ALLOCS should be on iff Py_TRACE_REFS is on (though currently
it's always off).

I'd be happy to lose all 4 symbols.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)