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[Python-3000] Py3k release schedule worries

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Tue Dec 19 20:02:05 CET 2006 
Barry Warsaw schrieb:
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> On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
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>> On 12/19/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>>> Georg Brandl wrote:
>>>
>>>> so what about id() and intern(). Care to pronounce?
>>>
>>> moving/removing id()?  please don't do that; id(obj) and type(obj)  
>>> are
>>> essential tools for learning object semantics, and should be  
>>> trivial to
>>> access and use.
>>
>> Right. I tend to agree with Fredrik about id(). I'm not so sure about
>> intern() -- IMO its use is rare enough that the move would affect very
>> little code; I'm seeking validation of this. If nobody speaks up about
>> it, moving intern() would be okay with me.
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> You don't want to get rid of 'interning' (e.g. PyString_Intern*())  
> but just the intern() built-in?  We actually use both, but we use the  
> C API call much more frequently than the built-in call.  I don't  
> think it would be too painful for us if intern() was removed, but  
> OTOH if it was stuck in some Python internals module (sys?) and not  
> kept as a built-in, that would be fine too.

Yes, exactly that is proposed: sys.intern() instead of intern().

Georg
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