Python support for free threading — All interned strings are immortal
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For modern Python versions (since version 2.3), interning a string (e.g. with sys.intern) does not cause it to become immortal. Instead, if the last reference to that string disappears, it will be removed from the interned string table. This is not the case for the free-threaded build and any interned string will become immortal, surviving until interpreter shutdown.
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