String interning in Python 3 - missing or moved?

[Chris Rebert]

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Stefan Behnel <stefan_ml at behnel.de> wrote:
> Chris Angelico, 24.01.2012 05:47:
>> Lua and Pike both quite happily solved hash collision attacks in their
>> interning of strings by randomizing the hash used, because there's no
>> way to rely on it. Presumably (based on the intern() docs) Python can
>> do the same, if you explicitly intern your strings first. Is it worth
>> recommending that people do this with anything that is
>> client-provided, and then simply randomize the intern() hash?
>
> If you want to encourage them to fill up their memory with user provided
> data in a non-erasable way,

Actually, quoth intern()'s docs:
"Interned strings are not immortal; you must keep a reference to the
return value of intern() around to benefit from it."

Cheers,
Chris