[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.940,1.941

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch #910929:  Optimize list comprehensions

Add a new opcode, LIST_APPEND, and apply it to the code generation for
list comprehensions.  Reduces the per-loop overhead by about a third.



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--- NEWS	7 Mar 2004 07:31:06 -0000	1.941
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+ - Implemented a newcode opcode, LIST_APPEND, that simplifies
+   the generated bytecode for list comprehensions and further
+   improves their performance (about 35%).
+ 
  - Implemented rich comparisons for floats, which seems to make
    comparisons involving NaNs somewhat less surprising when the