How can I create customized classes that have similar properties as 'str'?

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Licheng Fang wrote:
> On Nov 24, 7:05 pm, Bjoern Schliessmann <usenet-

>> BTW, what happens if you, by some operation, make a == b, and
>> afterwards change b so another object instance must be created?
>> This instance management is quite a runtime overhead.
> 
> I probably need this class to be immutable.

IMHO you don't need a change of Python, but simply a special
implementation (probably using metaclasses/singletons).
 
> Wow, I didn't know this. But exactly how Python manage these
> strings? 

I don't know (use the source, Luke). :) Or perhaps there is a Python
Elder here that knows?

Regards,


Björn

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