[Python-ideas] checking for identity before comparing built-in objects

[Sven Marnach]

On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 05:08:40PM +0200, Victor Stinner wrote:
> I think that the optimization should be implemented for Unicode
> strings, but disabled in PyObject_RichCompareBool().

Actually, this change to PyObject_RichCompareBool() has been made
before, but was reverted after the discussion in

   http://bugs.python.org/issue4296

Cheers,
    Sven