From b7fb78abed1ec35f0ad0ba2dfdf360bd88b95ebc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremy Fincher <jemfinch@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 11:06:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Slight optimization, finally figured out how to automatically
 intern all IrcStrings.

---
 src/ircutils.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/ircutils.py b/src/ircutils.py
index 1fc2ed41a..b19a5898b 100644
--- a/src/ircutils.py
+++ b/src/ircutils.py
@@ -389,10 +389,12 @@ def unDccIP(i):
 
 class IrcString(str):
     """This class does case-insensitive comparison and hashing of nicks."""
+    def __new__(cls, s=''):
+        return str.__new__(cls, intern(s))
+    
     def __init__(self, s):
         assert isinstance(s, basestring), \
                'Cannot make an IrcString from %s' % type(s)
-        str.__init__(self, intern(s)) # This does nothing, I fear.
         self.lowered = toLower(s)
 
     def __eq__(self, s):