The string "Hello there" is created and stored in memory as a Python object. The name x is created in the local namespace and pointed at that object, which increases its reference count by 1, to 1.

Strings can be considered index-based collections of smaller strings or characters, each one referenced by its position in the string. Furthermore, Python contains the notion of "slice-notation ...

This half-month report includes a way to add type hints automatically to untyped Python code, getting started with Django 5, and a deep dive into CPython garbage collection and memory management.