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Thu May 22 17:54:12 CEST 2008 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2008-May/079690.html

On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 12:28:47PM -0300, Facundo Batista wrote:
> considering that strings
> are immutable, why a slice of a string is a copy and not a reference
> to a part of that string.

   I remember some discussions... let me see... google to help... aha:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-August/003224.html
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-August/003242.html

   2006, August... I don't remember what was the resolution of the
discussion.

Oleg.
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     Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/            phd at phd.pp.ru
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.

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[Python-Dev] Slice as a copy... by design?