Speed up compares with characters ie single-character strings....

src/x64/ic-x64.cc

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   // The key is not a smi.
   // Is it a string?
   __ CmpObjectType(rax, FIRST_NONSTRING_TYPE, rdx);
   __ j(above_equal, &slow);
   // Is the string an array index, with cached numeric value?
   __ movl(rbx, FieldOperand(rax, String::kHashFieldOffset));
   __ testl(rbx, Immediate(String::kIsArrayIndexMask));
 
   // Is the string a symbol?
   __ j(not_zero, &index_string);  // The value in rbx is used at jump target.
+  ASSERT(kSymbolTag != 0);
   __ testb(FieldOperand(rdx, Map::kInstanceTypeOffset),
            Immediate(kIsSymbolMask));
   __ j(zero, &slow);
 
   // If the receiver is a fast-case object, check the keyed lookup
   // cache. Otherwise probe the dictionary leaving result in rcx.
   __ movq(rbx, FieldOperand(rcx, JSObject::kPropertiesOffset));
   __ Cmp(FieldOperand(rbx, HeapObject::kMapOffset), Factory::hash_table_map());
   __ j(equal, &probe_dictionary);
 
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   // Cache miss: Jump to runtime.
   Generate(masm, ExternalReference(IC_Utility(kStoreIC_Miss)));
 }
 
 
 #undef __
 
 
 } }  // namespace v8::internal