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[Python-Dev] patch: speed up name access by up to 80%

Oren Tirosh oren-py-d@hishome.net
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 16:29:32 -0500 
On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 02:52:30PM -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> 
>     The only thing I'd change is that if PyDict_GetItem_Fast is a macro that
>     only works for interned strings, I'd change its name to reflect its use:
>     PyDict_GET_ITEM_INTERNED or something similar.
> 
> One other naming change is to prefix PyDict_GetItem_Fast2 with an
> underscore, since the comments about its use make it clear that it's an
> internal function.

Done and up on the same URL.

PyDict_GetItem_Fast -> PyDict_GETITEM_INTERNED
PyDict_GetItem_Fast2 -> _PyDict_GetItem_Interned

	Oren