[Guido]
> I'd like to make all interned strings mortal; this allows some
> simplifications to the patch. This would mean that in the following
> example:
>
> x = intern('12345'*4)
> nx = id(x)
> del x
> ...do something else...
> y = intern('12345'*4)
> ny = id(y)
>
> nx doesn't necessarily equal ny any more. This is a backward
> incompatibility but I'm willing to break programs that rely on this;
> it sounds highly unlikely that the author of any such code as exists
> would mind it being broken.
>
> Opinions?
As the only person to have posted an example relying on this behavior, it's
OK by me if that example breaks -- it was made up just to illustrate the
possibility and raise a caution flag. I don't take it seriously.
> (Reminder: this is python-dev, not types-sig. :-)
Oops! I guess I should take it more seriously then <wink>.
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