refactor: apply requested changes

Author: 2trvl

Lib/configparser.py

@@ -581,11 +581,10 @@ def _strip_full(self, string):
         return '' if any(map(string.startswith, self.comments.full)) else True
 
     def _strip_inline(self, string):
-        match = None
         if self.comments.inline:
             match = self.comments.inline.search(string)
-        if match:
-            return string[:match.start()].rstrip()
+            if match:
+                return string[:match.start()].rstrip()
         return string
 
 

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-02-02-23-47-35.gh-issue-128641.GFs673.rst

@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-Reduce :mod:`configparser`. :class:`RawConfigParser`. :meth:`read` performance
-regression that occurred after refactoring from 130% to 25%.
+Improve performance of :meth:`configparser.RawConfigParser.read` by up to 45%.