Speed-up dictionary constructor by about 10%.
New opcode, STORE_MAP saves the compiler from awkward stack manipulations
and specializes for dicts using PyDict_SetItem instead of PyObject_SetItem.
Old disassembly:
0 BUILD_MAP 0
3 DUP_TOP
4 LOAD_CONST 1 (1)
7 ROT_TWO
8 LOAD_CONST 2 ('x')
11 STORE_SUBSCR
12 DUP_TOP
13 LOAD_CONST 3 (2)
16 ROT_TWO
17 LOAD_CONST 4 ('y')
20 STORE_SUBSCR
New disassembly:
0 BUILD_MAP 0
3 LOAD_CONST 1 (1)
6 LOAD_CONST 2 ('x')
9 STORE_MAP
10 LOAD_CONST 3 (2)
13 LOAD_CONST 4 ('y')
16 STORE_MAP
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index bf2799d..bcae9b2 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@
Python 2.5c1: 62121 (fix wrong lnotab with for loops and
storing constants that should have been removed)
Python 2.5c2: 62131 (fix wrong code: for x, in ... in listcomp/genexp)
- Python 2.6a0: 62141 (peephole optimizations)
+ Python 2.6a0: 62151 (peephole optimizations and STORE_MAP opcode)
.
*/
-#define MAGIC (62141 | ((long)'\r'<<16) | ((long)'\n'<<24))
+#define MAGIC (62151 | ((long)'\r'<<16) | ((long)'\n'<<24))
/* Magic word as global; note that _PyImport_Init() can change the
value of this global to accommodate for alterations of how the