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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-03-18 09:48:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2004-03-18 09:48:12 (GMT) |
| commit | ade08ea8a87ee7130eff930f047abad9e1ec3d84 (patch) | |
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Add news entries for the dictionary optimizations.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex index 1607cc7..b743a5c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew24.tex @@ -264,7 +264,10 @@ yellow 5 \begin{itemize} \item The inner loops for \class{list} and \class{tuple} slicing - were optimized and now run about one-third faster. + were optimized and now run about one-third faster. The inner + loops were also optimized for \class{dict} with performance + boosts to \method{keys()}, \method{values()}, \method{items()}, +\method{\iterkeys()}, \method{\itervalues()}, and \method{iteritems()}. \item The machinery for growing and shrinking lists was optimized for speed and for space efficiency. Small lists (under eight elements) |