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Author pitrou
Recipients eric.snow, josh.r, lemburg, ncoghlan, pitrou, pmoody, r.david.murray, rhettinger, sbromberger, serhiy.storchaka
Date 2014-12-30.09:35:40
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> I don't think that IP addresses need weak references more than base types as integers or strings. 

People may already be taking weak references, so it's a matter of compatibility.
(and weakrefs can actually help implement an interning scheme as proposed here)
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2014-12-30 09:35:40pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, lemburg, rhettinger, ncoghlan, pmoody, r.david.murray, eric.snow, serhiy.storchaka, josh.r, sbromberger
2014-12-30 09:35:40pitrousetmessageid: <1419932140.21.0.284882734062.issue23103@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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