STINNER Victor <victor.stin...@haypocalc.com> added the comment:
> the shortcuts were meant for Python internal use only
str.encode() calls PyUnicode_AsEncodedString() and bytes.decode() calls
PyUnicode_Decode(), so it is not for internal use only. Eg.
"text".encode("ASCII") doesn't use the fastpath.
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