[Python-Dev] Deprecating string exceptions (original) (raw)

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Thu, 28 Mar 2002 00:51:46 -0500

"TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@comcast.net> writes:

TP> It's INTERN_STRINGS.  I'd like to get rid of it.  Ditto
TP> DONT_SHARE_SHORT_STRINGS.  Ditto CACHE_HASH and COUNT_ALLOCS,
TP> for that matter.  BTW, all four are used in
TP> PyString_FromStringAndSize -- and I'm sure we routinely test
TP> all 16 preprocessor variations <wink>.

I don't know what half of those do <0.5 wink>, but I'm all for getting rid of optional stuff that in practice no one ever avails themselves of.

-Barry