From ddd46ceeb0b37cd639fa45cfe847fce668806d7a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Klose Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 11:06:57 +0000 Subject: Remove whatsnew 2.7 item about --with-computed-gotos. --- Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst index e92af99..2c92925 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.7.rst @@ -158,12 +158,6 @@ Optimizations Several performance enhancements have been added: -.. * A new :program:`configure` option, :option:`--with-computed-gotos`, - compiles the main bytecode interpreter loop using a new dispatch - mechanism that gives speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system - and benchmark. The new mechanism is only supported on certain - compilers, such as gcc, SunPro, and icc. - * The garbage collector now performs better when many objects are being allocated without deallocating any. A full garbage collection pass is only performed when the middle generation has been collected -- cgit v0.12