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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2009-01-25 16:34:23 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2009-01-25 16:34:23 (GMT) |
| commit | b52ec78baf236272800017fdb2b7f243741c1851 (patch) | |
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Issue #4753: By enabling a configure option named '--with-computed-gotos'
on compilers that support it (notably: gcc, SunPro, icc), the bytecode
evaluation loop is compiled with a new dispatch mechanism which gives
speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system, on various benchmarks.
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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.1 alpha 0 Core and Builtins ----------------- +- Issue #4753: By enabling a configure option named '--with-computed-gotos' + on compilers that support it (notably: gcc, SunPro, icc), the bytecode + evaluation loop is compiled with a new dispatch mechanism which gives + speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system, on various benchmarks. + - Issue #4874: Most builtin decoders now reject unicode input. - Issue #4842: Don't allow trailing 'L' when constructing an integer |