Skip the switch statement entirely if the pointer is null, rather
authorNicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:04:47 +0000 (23:04 +0000)
committerNicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org>
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 23:04:47 +0000 (23:04 +0000)
commitc4ba80c3b5d4075de9ee1a174f3a69e74659709b
tree9fbf4c9eb080608305e8f95f23daf832e450b57b
parente963d6d20fd5c6e0abfa3424e06c2c839218e5ba
Skip the switch statement entirely if the pointer is null, rather
than the old pointless switch on '\0'. Also skip re-comparing the
first character. Faster, and generates terser object code.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@23722
pp.c