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Optimize dict string keys #734

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./python.exe -m timeit -s 'd = {"a": 1}' 'd["a"]'
# 10000000 loops, best of 5: 29.1 nsec per loop
S="
class A: pass
d = A()
d.a = 1
"
./python.exe -m timeit -s $S 'd.a'
# 20000000 loops, best of 5: 17.3 nsec per loop

I think string-only-key dict is very common.
If there is optimisation technique done for attribute access, how difficult it would be to transfer similar benefit to dict object?

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