call_function(): document PyMethod optimization

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Victor Stinner 2016-11-28 18:32:31 +01:00
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commit b69ee8c386
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@ -4736,7 +4736,11 @@ call_function(PyObject ***pp_stack, Py_ssize_t oparg, PyObject *kwnames)
}
else {
if (PyMethod_Check(func) && PyMethod_GET_SELF(func) != NULL) {
/* optimize access to bound methods */
/* Optimize access to bound methods. Reuse the Python stack
to pass 'self' as the first argument, replace 'func'
with 'self'. It avoids the creation of a new temporary tuple
for arguments (to replace func with self) when the method uses
FASTCALL. */
PyObject *self = PyMethod_GET_SELF(func);
Py_INCREF(self);
func = PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION(func);