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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ Core sortdict(dict) function for a simple way to display a dict in sorted order. +- Many other small changes to dicts were made, resulting in faster + operation along the most common code paths. + - Dictionary objects now support the "in" operator: "x in dict" means the same as dict.has_key(x). @@ -119,7 +122,7 @@ Core - Collisions in dicts are resolved via a new approach, which can help dramatically in bad cases. For example, looking up every key in a dict - d with d.keys() = [i << 16 for i in range(20000)] is approximately 500x + d with d.keys() == [i << 16 for i in range(20000)] is approximately 500x faster now. Thanks to Christian Tismer for pointing out the cause and the nature of an effective cure (last December! better late than never). @@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ Library native mode, these can be used only when the platform C compiler supports these types (when HAVE_LONG_LONG is #define'd by the Python config process), and then they inherit the sizes and alignments of the C types. - XXX TODO In standard mode, 'q' and 'Q' are supported on all platforms, and - XXX TODO are 8-byte integral types. + In standard mode, 'q' and 'Q' are supported on all platforms, and are + 8-byte integral types. Tests |