Puzzled by "is"

[Erik Max Francis]

Grzegorz Słodkowicz wrote:

> That's just theorisation but I'd rather expect the interpreter simply 
> not to create a second tuple while there already is an identical one. 
> This could save some memory if the tuple was large (Although by the same 
> token comparison of large tuples can be expensive). Admittedly the empty 
> tuple is a special case but then 'Special cases aren't special enough to 
> break the rules'.
> 
> A bit odd.

It doesn't save time if you have to check through all the existing 
tuples for matches ...

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