Larry Hastings wrote in news:1159495643.213830.289620 @m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com in comp.lang.python:
> _________ > THE PATCH > > The core concept: adding two strings together no longer returns a pure > "string" object. Instead, it returns a "string concatenation" object > which holds references to the two strings but does not actually > concatenate > them... yet. The strings are concatenated only when someone requests > the > string's value, at which point it allocates all the space it needs and > renders the concatenated string all at once. On the python 3k list there is a thread about stings becoming "views", I think this is similar to what you are doing here. <url:http://search.gmane.org/? query=string+view&author=&group=gmane.comp.python.python- 3000.devel&sort=relevance&DEFAULTOP=and&xP=string.view. &xFILTERS=Gcomp.python.python-3000.devl---A> http://tinyurl.com/kadco Rob. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
