1 files changed, 36 insertions, 24 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
index d785c4932b..fa5fad3e75 100644
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
@@ -128,44 +128,60 @@ partial_call(partialobject *pto, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 {
     PyObject *ret;
     PyObject *argappl, *kwappl;
+    PyObject **stack;
+    Py_ssize_t nargs;
 
     assert (PyCallable_Check(pto->fn));
     assert (PyTuple_Check(pto->args));
     assert (PyDict_Check(pto->kw));
 
     if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(pto->args) == 0) {
-        argappl = args;
-        Py_INCREF(args);
-    } else if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 0) {
-        argappl = pto->args;
-        Py_INCREF(pto->args);
-    } else {
+        stack = &PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
+        nargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args);
+        argappl = NULL;
+    }
+    else if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 0) {
+        stack = &PyTuple_GET_ITEM(pto->args, 0);
+        nargs = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(pto->args);
+        argappl = NULL;
+    }
+    else {
+        stack = NULL;
         argappl = PySequence_Concat(pto->args, args);
-        if (argappl == NULL)
+        if (argappl == NULL) {
             return NULL;
+        }
+
         assert(PyTuple_Check(argappl));
     }
 
     if (PyDict_Size(pto->kw) == 0) {
         kwappl = kw;
         Py_XINCREF(kwappl);
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         kwappl = PyDict_Copy(pto->kw);
         if (kwappl == NULL) {
-            Py_DECREF(argappl);
+            Py_XDECREF(argappl);
             return NULL;
         }
+
         if (kw != NULL) {
             if (PyDict_Merge(kwappl, kw, 1) != 0) {
-                Py_DECREF(argappl);
+                Py_XDECREF(argappl);
                 Py_DECREF(kwappl);
                 return NULL;
             }
         }
     }
 
-    ret = PyObject_Call(pto->fn, argappl, kwappl);
-    Py_DECREF(argappl);
+    if (stack) {
+        ret = _PyObject_FastCallDict(pto->fn, stack, nargs, kwappl);
+    }
+    else {
+        ret = PyObject_Call(pto->fn, argappl, kwappl);
+        Py_DECREF(argappl);
+    }
     Py_XDECREF(kwappl);
     return ret;
 }
@@ -213,7 +229,7 @@ partial_repr(partialobject *pto)
     if (status != 0) {
         if (status < 0)
             return NULL;
-        return PyUnicode_FromFormat("%s(...)", Py_TYPE(pto)->tp_name);
+        return PyUnicode_FromString("...");
     }
 
     arglist = PyUnicode_FromString("");
@@ -461,12 +477,12 @@ static PyObject *
 keyobject_richcompare(PyObject *ko, PyObject *other, int op)
 {
     PyObject *res;
-    PyObject *args;
     PyObject *x;
     PyObject *y;
     PyObject *compare;
     PyObject *answer;
     static PyObject *zero;
+    PyObject* stack[2];
 
     if (zero == NULL) {
         zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
@@ -490,17 +506,13 @@ keyobject_richcompare(PyObject *ko, PyObject *other, int op)
     /* Call the user's comparison function and translate the 3-way
      * result into true or false (or error).
      */
-    args = PyTuple_New(2);
-    if (args == NULL)
-        return NULL;
-    Py_INCREF(x);
-    Py_INCREF(y);
-    PyTuple_SET_ITEM(args, 0, x);
-    PyTuple_SET_ITEM(args, 1, y);
-    res = PyObject_Call(compare, args, NULL);
-    Py_DECREF(args);
-    if (res == NULL)
+    stack[0] = x;
+    stack[1] = y;
+    res = _PyObject_FastCall(compare, stack, 2);
+    if (res == NULL) {
         return NULL;
+    }
+
     answer = PyObject_RichCompare(res, zero, op);
     Py_DECREF(res);
     return answer;