From 033c469250993631209ef910baf999d429487f73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "J. Nick Koston" <nick@koston.org>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2025 18:44:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tweak

---
 esphome/core/scheduler.h | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/esphome/core/scheduler.h b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
index 1acf9c1d6b..a9e2e62e5d 100644
--- a/esphome/core/scheduler.h
+++ b/esphome/core/scheduler.h
@@ -155,7 +155,15 @@ class Scheduler {
       return false;
     }
     const char *item_name = item->get_name();
-    return item_name != nullptr && strcmp(name_cstr, item_name) == 0;
+    if (item_name == nullptr) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    // Fast path: if pointers are equal (common with string deduplication)
+    if (item_name == name_cstr) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    // Slow path: compare string contents
+    return strcmp(name_cstr, item_name) == 0;
   }
 
   // Helper to execute a scheduler item