Fidget-Spinner · Jun 3, 2022 · May 31, 2022 · May 31, 2022 · Jun 3, 2022 · Jun 3, 2022
diff --git a/Include/cpython/code.h b/Include/cpython/code.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ typedef uint16_t _Py_CODEUNIT;
     PyObject *co_qualname;        /* unicode (qualname, for reference) */      \
     PyObject *co_linetable;       /* bytes object that holds location info */  \
     PyObject *co_weakreflist;     /* to support weakrefs to code objects */    \
+    void *_co_code;               /* cached co_code object/attribute */        \
     /* Scratch space for extra data relating to the code object.               \
        Type is a void* to keep the format private in codeobject.c to force     \
        people to go through the proper APIs. */                                \

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-05-31-16-36-30.gh-issue-93382.Jf6gAj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-05-31-16-36-30.gh-issue-93382.Jf6gAj.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Speed up the ``PyCode_GetCode`` function which also improves accessing the ``co_code`` attribute in Python.
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ init_code(PyCodeObject *co, struct _PyCodeConstructor *con)
     /* not set */
     co->co_weakreflist = NULL;
     co->co_extra = NULL;
+    co->_co_code = NULL;
 
     co->co_warmup = QUICKENING_INITIAL_WARMUP_VALUE;
     memcpy(_PyCode_CODE(co), PyBytes_AS_STRING(con->code),
@@ -1367,12 +1368,17 @@ deopt_code(_Py_CODEUNIT *instructions, Py_ssize_t len)
 PyObject *
 _PyCode_GetCode(PyCodeObject *co)
 {
+    if (co->_co_code != NULL) {
+        return Py_NewRef(co->_co_code);
+    }
     PyObject *code = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize((const char *)_PyCode_CODE(co),
                                                _PyCode_NBYTES(co));
     if (code == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
     deopt_code((_Py_CODEUNIT *)PyBytes_AS_STRING(code), Py_SIZE(co));
+    assert(co->_co_code == NULL);
+    co->_co_code = (void *)Py_NewRef(code);
     return code;
 }
 
@@ -1531,6 +1537,7 @@ code_dealloc(PyCodeObject *co)
     Py_XDECREF(co->co_qualname);
     Py_XDECREF(co->co_linetable);
     Py_XDECREF(co->co_exceptiontable);
+    Py_XDECREF(co->_co_code);
     if (co->co_weakreflist != NULL) {
         PyObject_ClearWeakRefs((PyObject*)co);
     }
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		Speed up the ``PyCode_GetCode`` function which also improves accessing the ``co_code`` attribute in Python.
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