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Re:Python strings are immutable, but only sometimes by ymbeld on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:22PM (#26148319)
If it is immutable from the client’s perspective, it’s immutable. Anything else is ill-defined.
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Re:Python strings are immutable, but only sometimes by masklinn on Monday February 15, 2021 @05:27PM (#26148390)
The C api is “from a client’s perspective”. Any rando can build native modules with it.
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Re:Python strings are immutable, but only sometimes by ymbeld on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:12AM (#26154004)
I stand corrected.
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