From fdf1b5642ba6b9c98b312912c30abf73cbdd4844 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 20:39:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Minor factoring

---
 Lib/collections.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Lib/collections.py b/Lib/collections.py
index 9edc294ef0e..20cc6003bc5 100644
--- a/Lib/collections.py
+++ b/Lib/collections.py
@@ -452,12 +452,11 @@ class Counter(dict):
 
         '''
         if iterable is not None:
+            self_get = self.get
             if isinstance(iterable, Mapping):
-                self_get = self.get
                 for elem, count in iterable.items():
                     self[elem] = self_get(elem, 0) - count
             else:
-                self_get = self.get
                 for elem in iterable:
                     self[elem] = self_get(elem, 0) - 1
         if kwds: