[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.38, 1.39

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  \item The inner loops for \class{list} and \class{tuple} slicing
!  were optimized and now run about one-third faster.                                 
  
  \item The machinery for growing and shrinking lists was optimized
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  \item The inner loops for \class{list} and \class{tuple} slicing
!  were optimized and now run about one-third faster.  The inner
!  loops were also optimized for \class{dict} with performance
!  boosts to \method{keys()}, \method{values()}, \method{items()},
! \method{\iterkeys()}, \method{\itervalues()}, and \method{iteritems()}.
  
  \item The machinery for growing and shrinking lists was optimized