commit 8be9ab84979cc09caf41177f101089e4feaae65b
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Mon May 14 20:52:31 2007 +0000
committer Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> Mon May 14 20:52:31 2007 +0000
tree 5bdb5116076a5f38e38c842229c05bb7dd3d8443
parent cd498be90ef83e1704add30690f096411a82babf

Small speedup.

Lib/genericpath.py

diff --git a/Lib/genericpath.py b/Lib/genericpath.py
index e2bc7da..73d7b26 100644
--- a/Lib/genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/genericpath.py
@@ -70,11 +70,10 @@
     if not m: return ''
     s1 = min(m)
     s2 = max(m)
-    n = min(len(s1), len(s2))
-    for i in xrange(n):
-        if s1[i] != s2[i]:
+    for i, c in enumerate(s1):
+        if c != s2[i]:
             return s1[:i]
-    return s1[:n]
+    return s1
 
 # Split a path in root and extension.
 # The extension is everything starting at the last dot in the last