[New-bugs-announce] [issue16757] Faster _PyUnicode_FindMaxChar()

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

The proposed patch optimizes _PyUnicode_FindMaxChar(). This affects string formatting of long patterns (speedup to 15-25% for classic formatting and 5-8% for new style formatting).

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components: Interpreter Core, Unicode
files: unicode_findmaxchar.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 177997
nosy: ezio.melotti, haypo, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: Faster _PyUnicode_FindMaxChar()
type: performance
versions: Python 3.4
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file28407/unicode_findmaxchar.patch

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