[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.969,1.970

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
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Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
SF patch #947476: Apply freelist technique to lists

Re-use list object bodies.  Saves calls to malloc() and free() for 
faster list instantiation and deallocation.



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    utilization for applications that have large numbers of small lists.
  
+ - Most list bodies now get re-used rather than freed.  Speeds up list
+   instantiation and deletion by saving calls to malloc() and free().
+ 
  - The dict.update() method now accepts all the same argument forms
    as the dict() constructor.  This now includes item lists and/or