From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:50:37 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Speed-up escape()
X-Git-Tag: v2.5a0~1387
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ebb7f30111ce72b40081f5db29317fd8b0e23d79;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Speed-up escape()
---

diff --git a/Lib/sre.py b/Lib/sre.py
index 7969723e3f44..a33e34e4e1ed 100644
--- a/Lib/sre.py
+++ b/Lib/sre.py
@@ -188,12 +188,18 @@ def template(pattern, flags=0):
     "Compile a template pattern, returning a pattern object"
     return _compile(pattern, flags|T)
 
+_alphanum = {}
+for c in 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234567890':
+    _alphanum[c] = 1
+del c
+
 def escape(pattern):
     "Escape all non-alphanumeric characters in pattern."
     s = list(pattern)
+    alphanum = _alphanum
     for i in range(len(pattern)):
         c = pattern[i]
-        if not ("a" <= c <= "z" or "A" <= c <= "Z" or "0" <= c <= "9"):
+        if c not in alphanum:
             if c == "\000":
                 s[i] = "\\000"
             else: