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authorMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-09-22 21:47:24 (GMT)
committerMark Dickinson <dickinsm@gmail.com>2009-09-22 21:47:24 (GMT)
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Issue #1766304: Optimize membership testing for ranges: 'n in range(...)'
does an O(1) check, if n is an integer. Non-integers aren't affected. Thanks Robert Lehmann.
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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ What's New in Python 3.2 Alpha 1?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #1766304: Improve performance of membership tests on range objects.
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- Issue #6713: Improve performance of integer -> string conversions.
- Issue #6846: Fix bug where bytearray.pop() returns negative integers.