> something something equivalence class.

> The intern() builtin uses this approach:
>
>    interned = {}
>    def intern(s):
>         if s in interned:
>             return interned[s]
>         interned[s] = s
>         return s

If you've seen it before, and have the old one, return the old one.
Do I have this straight?
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