Add checking if both strings are the same in `SequenceMatcher.find_longest_match`

Feature or enhancement

Proposal:

Add checking if sequences a[alo:ahi] and b[blo:bhi] are the same on the beginning of the method find_longest_match in SequenceMatcher. For identical sequences there is no reason to run whole logic when simple check can be done. It appears to fix issue when comparing two slightly different strings ends up with waiting forever for the result. This solves problem reported here https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/8998

Proposed fix:

if a[alo:ahi] == b[blo:bhi]:
    return Match(alo, blo, len(a[alo:ahi]))

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Linked PRs

• gh-132167

Start at SequenceMatcher.find_longest_match and review how it handles the requested sequence comparison. Check the linked pytest report for the hanging behavior, then add focused coverage for identical and slightly different strings; done means the optimization works without changing the returned match.