GNU bug report logs - #79035
Remove micro-optimization for Funintern for performance

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lynn Winebarger <owinebar <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 79035 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#79035: Remove micro-optimization for Funintern for performance
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:09:21 -0400

> (lread.c): Remove static variable oblookup_last_bucket_number.  Removal
> appears to reduce execution time of obarray functions by about 6%, while
> the variable was only used to avoid a redundant lookup in the rarely
> called Funintern.

[ Actually, it's not even a full lookup that's avoided, it's only the
  computation of the hash index.  ]

Yeah, this static var is ugly, I'm in favor of removing it.

BTW, looking at the code of `Funintern` I get the impression that
`oblookup_considering_shorthand` is wrong when the argument is a symbol:
we should take shorthand into account only when passed a string.


        Stefan

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