Sped _update().

Uses the fast update() method when a dictionary is available.

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/sets.py b/Lib/sets.py
index 5007709..069be64 100644
--- a/Lib/sets.py
+++ b/Lib/sets.py
@@ -310,6 +310,15 @@ class BaseSet(object):
     def _update(self, iterable):
         # The main loop for update() and the subclass __init__() methods.
         data = self._data
+
+        # Use the fast update() method when a dictionary is available.
+        if isinstance(iterable, BaseSet):
+            data.update(iterable._data)
+            return
+        if isinstance(iterable, dict):
+            data.update(iterable)
+            return
+
         value = True
         it = iter(iterable)
         while True: