[Tim Peters]
> buf is ''
There is question which traversed my mind recently. While I would
never use `is' between ordinary strings, I might be tempted to use `is'
between explicitely interned strings, under the hypothesis that for
example:
a = intern('a b')
b = intern('a b')
a is b
dependably prints `True'. However, I remember a thread in this forum by
which strings might be un-interned on the fly -- but do not remember the
details; I presume it was for strings which the garbage collector may
not reach anymore.
There are a few real-life cases where speed considerations would invite
programmers to use `is' over `==' for strings, given they all get
interned to start with so the speed-up could be gleaned later. The fact
that `is' exposes the implementation is quite welcome in such cases.
--
François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard
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