--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > lookdict_string is used for most lookups of the form > obj.attr > because they are never found to have non-string keys > entered or searched. > > Furthermore, most of these string keys are > "interned", > which I believe makes the check > if (ep->me_key == NULL || ep->me_key == key) > return ep; > return a result without comparing the contents of > the strings.
What exactly does it mean to "intern" a string? Thanks! __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list