string copying

[phil hunt]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2002 21:04:14 +0000, Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
>Is there some special reason why python inhibits string copying.

Efficiency.

> I
>suppose there's some attempt being made to make these constants. To make
>differing versions of 'abc' one has to resort to silliness like 'ab'+'c'

What benefit does that give you, apart from making your program run 
slower?

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