cpython/Objects/stringlib/eq.h

/* Fast unicode equal function optimized for dictobject.c and setobject.c */

/* Return 1 if two unicode objects are equal, 0 if not.
 * unicode_eq() is called when the hash of two unicode objects is equal.
 */
Py_LOCAL_INLINE(int)
unicode_eq(PyObject *str1, PyObject *str2)
{ … }