[Python-Dev] Python 2.3 release schedule

[Tim Peters]

I finally got around to applying Oren's patch.  Nice work, BTW!  Here are
before-and-after timings for the test program I posted before.  This is
current CVS, release build, Win98SE, MSVC 6, 866MHz:

                             seconds
function                  before  after  % speedup
--------                  ------  -----  ---------
fastlocals                 2.40    2.39       0
globals_via_load_global    3.27    2.53      29
locals_via_load_name       3.46    2.66      30
globals_via_load_name      4.56    2.82      62
builtins_via_load_global   5.99    4.04      48
builtins_via_load_name     7.12    4.84      47

I only care about the XYZ_load_global times (speeding LOAD_NAME is like
speeding multiplication by 1531 <wink>), and these numbers are nice.