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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex index a8c06bb..7e0b88d 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex @@ -1262,17 +1262,3 @@ bypass these functions without concerns about missing something important. argument). \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{intern}{string} - Enter \var{string} in the table of ``interned'' strings and return - the interned string -- which is \var{string} itself or a copy. - Interning strings is useful to gain a little performance on - dictionary lookup -- if the keys in a dictionary are interned, and - the lookup key is interned, the key comparisons (after hashing) can - be done by a pointer compare instead of a string compare. Normally, - the names used in Python programs are automatically interned, and - the dictionaries used to hold module, class or instance attributes - have interned keys. \versionchanged[Interned strings are not - immortal (like they used to be in Python 2.2 and before); - you must keep a reference to the return value of \function{intern()} - around to benefit from it]{2.3} -\end{funcdesc} |