Method intern

Lib/profiling/sampling/string_table.py:10–28

Intern a string and return its index. Args: string: The string to intern Returns: int: The index of the string in the table

(self, string)

        self._string_to_index = {}

    def intern(self, string):
        """Intern a string and return its index.

        Args:
            string: The string to intern

        Returns:
            int: The index of the string in the table
        """
        if not isinstance(string, str):
            string = str(string)

        if string in self._string_to_index:
            return self._string_to_index[string]

        index = len(self._strings)
        self._strings.append(string)
        self._string_to_index[string] = index
        return index

    def get_string(self, index):
        """Get a string by its index.