Optimized stringitem.
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index cb04d94..9b11f92 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -246,11 +246,23 @@
stringobject *a;
register int i;
{
+ /* This is optimized since this is a common operation! */
+
+ register stringobject *op;
if (i < 0 || i >= a->ob_size) {
err_setstr(IndexError, "string index out of range");
return NULL;
}
- return stringslice(a, i, i+1);
+ op = (stringobject *)
+ malloc(sizeof(stringobject) + sizeof(char));
+ if (op == NULL)
+ return err_nomem();
+ NEWREF(op);
+ op->ob_type = &Stringtype;
+ op->ob_size = 1;
+ op->ob_sval[0] = a->ob_sval[i];
+ op->ob_sval[1] = '\0';
+ return (object *) op;
}
static int