Small performance increase and size reduction in the implementation of the

LIKE and GLOB operators.

FossilOrigin-Name: f97626f921dafe596b615a168ef31987f4a1c0b52956443e1a5c1148b49cab74

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index 03595b70d..dae85d60a 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -843,8 +843,6 @@ static void likeFunc(
     return;
   }
 #endif
-  zB = sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
-  zA = sqlite3_value_text(argv[1]);
 
   /* Limit the length of the LIKE or GLOB pattern to avoid problems
   ** of deep recursion and N*N behavior in patternCompare().
@@ -856,8 +854,6 @@ static void likeFunc(
     sqlite3_result_error(context, "LIKE or GLOB pattern too complex", -1);
     return;
   }
-  assert( zB==sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]) );  /* Encoding did not change */
-
   if( argc==3 ){
     /* The escape character string must consist of a single UTF-8 character.
     ** Otherwise, return an error.
@@ -873,6 +869,8 @@ static void likeFunc(
   }else{
     escape = pInfo->matchSet;
   }
+  zB = sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
+  zA = sqlite3_value_text(argv[1]);
   if( zA && zB ){
 #ifdef SQLITE_TEST
     sqlite3_like_count++;