On 10/19/2012 03:22 AM, Benjamin Peterson wrote:
It would be interesting to see how common it is for strings which have their hash computed to be compared.
Since all identifier-like strings mentioned in Python are interned, and therefore have had their hash computed, I would imagine comparing them to be fairly common. After all, strings are often used as makeshift enums in Python.
On the flip side, those strings are typically small, so a measurable overall speed improvement brought by such a change seems unlikely.
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