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Author	vstinner
Recipients	methane, serhiy.storchaka, vstinner, yselivanov
Date	2018-01-24.09:31:37
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Message-id	<1516786297.32.0.467229070634.issue32623@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This issue is a matter of CPU vs memory tradeoff. It reminds me the PEP 393: str type doesn't make tradeoff anymore, CPython guarantee that str always use the most efficient storage (least memory) for characters. But here the tradeoff is different. A dict is mutable, whereas str is immutable ;-)

This issue is a matter of CPU vs memory tradeoff. It reminds me the PEP 393: str type doesn't make tradeoff anymore, CPython guarantee that str always use the most efficient storage (least memory) for characters.

But here the tradeoff is different. A dict is mutable, whereas str is immutable ;-)

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