Merge pull request #23381 from JuliaLang/rf/symbol-symbol

define Symbol(s::Symbol) = s for performance
JuliaLang · Aug 21, 2017 · f679273 · f679273
2 parents 288dbb0 + 3cfd75b
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diff --git a/base/boot.jl b/base/boot.jl
@@ -389,6 +389,7 @@ function Symbol(a::Array{UInt8,1})
                  ccall(:jl_array_ptr, Ptr{UInt8}, (Any,), a),
                  Intrinsics.arraylen(a))
 end
+Symbol(s::Symbol) = s
 
 # docsystem basics
 macro doc(x...)