[Python-Dev] Optimize Unicode strings in Python 3.3

[Nick Coghlan]

On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Victor Stinner
<victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also compared str%args and str.format() with Python 2.7 (byte
> strings), 3.2 (UTF-16 or UCS-4) and 3.3 (PEP 393): Python 3.3 is as
> fast as Python 2.7 and sometimes faster! (Whereras Python 3.2 is 10 to
> 30% slower than Python 2 in general)

Very cool news!

Cheers,
Nick.

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