[issue41873] Add vectorcall for float()

[Dennis Sweeney]

New submission from Dennis Sweeney <sweeney.dennis650 at gmail.com>:

I got these benchmarks:

.\python.bat -m pyperf timeit "float(0)"

Before: Mean +- std dev: 79.0 ns +- 1.0 ns
After:  Mean +- std dev: 51.5 ns +- 1.6 ns

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components: Interpreter Core
messages: 377590
nosy: Dennis Sweeney
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add vectorcall for float()
type: performance
versions: Python 3.10

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