On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Jesus Cea <j...@jcea.es> wrote: > Why str/bytes doesn't support weakrefs, beside memory use?
The typical use case for weakrefs is to break reference cycles, but str and bytes can't *be* part of a reference cycle, so outside of interning-like use cases, there's no need for weakref support there. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
