Make pkgsplit and catpkgsplit return imutable tuples instead of mutable lists so that cached values can be safely returned without cloning them first. Thanks to Brian Harring for the suggestion.

svn path=/main/trunk/; revision=6749

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pym/portage/versions.py b/pym/portage/versions.py
index 95d7340a3..ebf8cbada 100644
--- a/pym/portage/versions.py
+++ b/pym/portage/versions.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def pkgsplit(mypkg,silent=1):
 	try:
 		if not pkgcache[mypkg]:
 			return None
-		return pkgcache[mypkg][:]
+		return pkgcache[mypkg]
 	except KeyError:
 		pass
 	myparts=mypkg.split("-")
@@ -243,9 +243,9 @@ def pkgsplit(mypkg,silent=1):
 					pkgcache[mypkg]=None
 					return None
 					#names can't have versiony looking parts
-			myval=["-".join(myparts[:verPos]),myparts[verPos],revision]
+			myval=("-".join(myparts[:verPos]),myparts[verPos],revision)
 			pkgcache[mypkg]=myval
-			return myval[:]
+			return myval
 	else:
 		pkgcache[mypkg]=None
 		return None
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ def catpkgsplit(mydata,silent=1):
 	try:
 		if not catcache[mydata]:
 			return None
-		return catcache[mydata][:]
+		return catcache[mydata]
 	except KeyError:
 		pass
 	mysplit=mydata.split("/")
@@ -288,8 +288,9 @@ def catpkgsplit(mydata,silent=1):
 		catcache[mydata]=None
 		return None
 	retval.extend(p_split)
+	retval = tuple(retval)
 	catcache[mydata]=retval
-	return retval[:]
+	return retval
 
 def catsplit(mydep):
         return mydep.split("/", 1)