--- curl\lib\rawstr.c	2013-03-29 14:24:29.256181200 +0300
+++ curl_work\lib\rawstr.c	2013-03-31 17:57:45.668786700 +0300
@@ -28,61 +28,8 @@
    its behavior is altered by the current locale. */
 char Curl_raw_toupper(char in)
 {
-  switch (in) {
-  case 'a':
-    return 'A';
-  case 'b':
-    return 'B';
-  case 'c':
-    return 'C';
-  case 'd':
-    return 'D';
-  case 'e':
-    return 'E';
-  case 'f':
-    return 'F';
-  case 'g':
-    return 'G';
-  case 'h':
-    return 'H';
-  case 'i':
-    return 'I';
-  case 'j':
-    return 'J';
-  case 'k':
-    return 'K';
-  case 'l':
-    return 'L';
-  case 'm':
-    return 'M';
-  case 'n':
-    return 'N';
-  case 'o':
-    return 'O';
-  case 'p':
-    return 'P';
-  case 'q':
-    return 'Q';
-  case 'r':
-    return 'R';
-  case 's':
-    return 'S';
-  case 't':
-    return 'T';
-  case 'u':
-    return 'U';
-  case 'v':
-    return 'V';
-  case 'w':
-    return 'W';
-  case 'x':
-    return 'X';
-  case 'y':
-    return 'Y';
-  case 'z':
-    return 'Z';
-  }
-  return in;
+  /* according to ascii table a-z differs from A-Z by 0x20 */
+  return (in >= 0x61 && in <= 0x7A) ? in - 0x20 : in;
 }
 
 /*