inline function call

[Riko Wichmann]

Peter Hansen wrote:
> 
> Seeing what others have achieved is always educational to the ignorant, 
> so I learned something. ;-)

Would have been even more educating, if I had my original code still at 
hand for comparison, which unfortunately I didn't. But all the 
improvements come from following the advises given in the URL I posted 
earlier already:

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips

Cheers,

	Riko