[mypyc] Add primitive for <type>.__name__#19683
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This is quite common in real-world code. Python 3.11 added a C API
function for this, which we use here.
The primitive works for arbtirary objects, but only type objects have
a specialized code path. Other use cases of `__name__` seem typically
less performance-sensitive.
This PR makes this micro-benchmark 2.0x faster on Python 3.13:
```
from typing import Iterator
class FooBar: pass
def foo(x: type[object], n: int) -> str:
for a in range(n):
s = x.__name__
return s
def bench(n: int) -> None:
for i in range(n):
foo(FooBar, 1000)
from time import time
bench(50 * 1000)
t0 = time()
bench(50 * 1000)
print(time() - t0)
```
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This seems quite common in real-world code, including in performance-critical functions. Python 3.11 added a C API function for this, which we use here.
The primitive works for arbtirary objects, but only type objects have a specialized code path. Other use cases of
__name__seem typically less performance-sensitive.This PR makes this micro-benchmark 2.0x faster on Python 3.13: