Optimize self-comparison of static constants.

[shibboleth/xmltooling.git] / xmltooling / Namespace.cpp

diff --git a/xmltooling/Namespace.cpp b/xmltooling/Namespace.cpp
index ca3f896..ec272c0 100644 (file)
--- a/xmltooling/Namespace.cpp
+++ b/xmltooling/Namespace.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ Namespace& Namespace::operator=(const Namespace& src)
 
 bool xmltooling::operator==(const Namespace& op1, const Namespace& op2)
 {
+    if (&op1 == &op2)
+        return true;
     return (XMLString::equals(op1.getNamespaceURI(),op2.getNamespaceURI()) &&
             XMLString::equals(op1.getNamespacePrefix(),op2.getNamespacePrefix()));
 }