Bug #1560179: speed up posixpath.(dir|base)name

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/posixpath.py b/Lib/posixpath.py
index 07ab4b6..1521236 100644
--- a/Lib/posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/posixpath.py
@@ -106,18 +106,23 @@ def splitdrive(p):
     return '', p
 
 
-# Return the tail (basename) part of a path.
+# Return the tail (basename) part of a path, same as split(path)[1].
 
 def basename(p):
     """Returns the final component of a pathname"""
-    return split(p)[1]
+    i = p.rfind('/') + 1
+    return p[i:]
 
 
-# Return the head (dirname) part of a path.
+# Return the head (dirname) part of a path, same as split(path)[0].
 
 def dirname(p):
     """Returns the directory component of a pathname"""
-    return split(p)[0]
+    i = p.rfind('/') + 1
+    head = p[:i]
+    if head and head != '/'*len(head):
+        head = head.rstrip('/')
+    return head
 
 
 # Is a path a symbolic link?