From: Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2016 20:54:37 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Optimize func(*tuple) function call
X-Git-Tag: v3.6.0a1~161
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0b2e98d53dab5023d4df5a276e42ea3dab30982b;p=python

Optimize func(*tuple) function call

Issue #26802: Optimize function calls only using unpacking like "func(*tuple)"
(no other positional argument, no keyword): avoid copying the tuple.

Patch written by Joe Jevnik.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index fba505f0e1..d202362d94 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ Release date: tba
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #26802: Optimize function calls only using unpacking like
+  ``func(*tuple)`` (no other positional argument, no keyword): avoid copying
+  the tuple. Patch written by Joe Jevnik.
+
 - Issue #26659: Make the builtin slice type support cycle collection.
 
 - Issue #26718: super.__init__ no longer leaks memory if called multiple times.