bpo-46845: Reduce dict size when all keys are Unicode (GH-31564)

Objects/call.c

@@ -934,26 +934,11 @@ PyObject *
 _PyStack_AsDict(PyObject *const *values, PyObject *kwnames)
 {
     Py_ssize_t nkwargs;
-    PyObject *kwdict;
-    Py_ssize_t i;
 
     assert(kwnames != NULL);
     nkwargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames);
-    kwdict = _PyDict_NewPresized(nkwargs);
-    if (kwdict == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    for (i = 0; i < nkwargs; i++) {
-        PyObject *key = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(kwnames, i);
-        PyObject *value = *values++;
-        /* If key already exists, replace it with the new value */
-        if (PyDict_SetItem(kwdict, key, value)) {
-            Py_DECREF(kwdict);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-    return kwdict;
+    return _PyDict_FromItems(&PyTuple_GET_ITEM(kwnames, 0), 1,
+                             values, 1, nkwargs);
 }
 
 

Objects/dictnotes.txt

@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ A values array
 Tunable Dictionary Parameters
 -----------------------------
 
-See comments for PyDict_MINSIZE_SPLIT, PyDict_MINSIZE_COMBINED,
-USABLE_FRACTION and GROWTH_RATE in dictobject.c
+See comments for PyDict_MINSIZE, USABLE_FRACTION and GROWTH_RATE in
+dictobject.c
 
 Tune-ups should be measured across a broad range of applications and
 use cases.  A change to any parameter will help in some situations and