From 2db91358def94cf8081f27b736988320d14eba39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1992 17:09:59 +0000
Subject: Misc changes and new modules.  whrandom is "objectified".  SOCKET.py
 is moved to the sgi subdirectory.

---
 Lib/string.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

(limited to 'Lib/string.py')

diff --git a/Lib/string.py b/Lib/string.py
index 6386a9549d..cc60678bfb 100644
--- a/Lib/string.py
+++ b/Lib/string.py
@@ -163,3 +163,15 @@ def expandtabs(s, tabsize):
 			res = res + line
 			line = ''
 	return res + line
+
+
+# Try importing optional built-in module "strop" -- if it exists,
+# it redefines some string operations that are 100-1000 times faster.
+# The manipulation with index_error is needed for compatibility.
+
+try:
+	from strop import *
+	from strop import index
+	index_error = ValueError
+except ImportError:
+	pass # Use the original, slow versions
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