[Python-3000] Will Py3K be friendlier to optimization opportunities?

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> Is Python 3 likely to change in any way so as to make future performance
> optimization work more fruitful?

I think Python 3 is likely what you see in subversion today, plus any
PEPs that have been accepted and not yet implemented (there are only
few of these). So any higher-reaching goal must wait for Python 4,
Python 5, or Python 6.

In particular, people have repeatedly requested that the GIL be removed
for Python 3. There is nothing remotely resembling a patch implementing
such a feature at the moment, so this won't happen.

Regards,
Martin