[apgwoz]

No. The quoted text says nothing about the value semantics, only the representation…

[pjmlp]

Well, if you followed the link under the quoted text, you would get the next sentence,

> The new objects make it possible to store information in efficient internal forms and avoid the constant translations to and from strings that occurred with the old interpreter.

[apgwoz]

Huh? I know how it works. My point is different than the representation.