# HG changeset patch
# User Martin von Zweigbergk <martinvonz@google.com>
# Date 2017-03-15 16:32:18
# Node ID 63a39d64788872a5742f8e3143b7ddd603e3af13
# Parent  4acc49335a6ec891d37f5c6e47e1c2f2078b895c

py3: make py3 compat.iterbytestr simpler and faster

With Python 3.4.3, timit says 11.9 usec-> 6.44 usec. With Python
3.6.0, timeit says 14.1 usec -> 9.55 usec.

diff --git a/mercurial/pycompat.py b/mercurial/pycompat.py
--- a/mercurial/pycompat.py
+++ b/mercurial/pycompat.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if ispy3:
 
     def iterbytestr(s):
         """Iterate bytes as if it were a str object of Python 2"""
-        return iter(s[i:i + 1] for i in range(len(s)))
+        return map(bytechr, s)
 
     def sysstr(s):
         """Return a keyword str to be passed to Python functions such as