[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew whatsnew24.tex, 1.36, 1.37

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Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/whatsnew
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv8824/Doc/whatsnew

Modified Files:
	whatsnew24.tex 
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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    \samp{map(mydict.__getitem__, keylist)}.
  
+ \item Added an newcode opcode, \code{LIST_APPEND}, that simplifies
+   the generated bytecode for list comprehensions and speeds them up
+   by about a third.
+ 
  \end{itemize}