[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Misc NEWS,1.742,1.743

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv20255/Misc

Modified Files:
	NEWS 
Log Message:
Revert the previous enhancement to the bytecode optimizer.
The additional code complexity and new NOP opcode were not worth it.


Index: NEWS
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Misc/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	23 Apr 2003 19:35:25 -0000	1.742
--- NEWS	24 Apr 2003 05:45:18 -0000	1.743
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    will be backported to Python 2.2.3 a well.  (SF #660455)
  
- - Added several bytecode optimizations.  Provides speed-ups to
-   inverted in/is tests, inverted jumps, while 1 loops, and jumps to
-   unconditional jumps.
- 
- - Added a new opcode, NOP, which is used in some of the bytecode
-   transformations.
- 
  - int(s, base) sometimes sign-folds hex and oct constants; it only
    does this when base is 0 and s.strip() starts with a '0'.  When the
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