[Python-3000] Py3k release schedule worries (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Dec 19 19:54:03 CET 2006

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On Dec 19, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

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.

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.

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