Re: [Jython-users] Use of interned strings in various jython methods

[David H. <dav...@gm...>]

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:03 PM, marvin greenberg
<pub...@gm...> wrote:
> David Huebel wrote:
>  > String literals in Java source code get interned.
>  >
>  ok.  personally I still prefer defining some constants since it avoids
>  typographical errors that would not be checked by the compiler.
>

It's tempting to say something snide like, "Why are you interested in
Python, then?" ;-) but I tend to agree with you.  Supposedly (I'm not
a developer) a lot of internals have been cleaned up for 2.5; you
should have a look at the latest code and then maybe bring the issue
up on jython-dev.

-David