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find the potential dictionary slot in the first place.
> Also, there is a global interning dictionary that
> keeps interned strings. What I don't understand is why
> strings are interned. How does it help with string
> comparisons?
Why you look up a dictionary entry, this hap
need to be compared, only their cached keys
are compared, which improves performance as there is
no need for byte by byte comparison.
Also, there is a global interning dictionary that
keeps interned strings. What I don't understand is why
strings are interned. How does it help with string
compa
