diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index 8b68182..d5d84f7 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -1994,10 +1994,14 @@
         }
         else if (TYPE(ch) == STAR) {
             vararg = ast_for_expr(c, CHILD(n, i+1));
+            if (!vararg)
+                return NULL;
             i++;
         }
         else if (TYPE(ch) == DOUBLESTAR) {
             kwarg = ast_for_expr(c, CHILD(n, i+1));
+            if (!kwarg)
+                return NULL;
             i++;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index ec6d4e3..bac8278 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -2021,17 +2021,20 @@
 
 		case WITH_CLEANUP:
 		{
-			/* TOP is the context.__exit__ bound method.
-			   Below that are 1-3 values indicating how/why
-			   we entered the finally clause:
-			   - SECOND = None
-			   - (SECOND, THIRD) = (WHY_{RETURN,CONTINUE}), retval
-			   - SECOND = WHY_*; no retval below it
-			   - (SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH) = exc_info()
+			/* At the top of the stack are 1-3 values indicating
+			   how/why we entered the finally clause:
+			   - TOP = None
+			   - (TOP, SECOND) = (WHY_{RETURN,CONTINUE}), retval
+			   - TOP = WHY_*; no retval below it
+			   - (TOP, SECOND, THIRD) = exc_info()
+			   Below them is EXIT, the context.__exit__ bound method.
 			   In the last case, we must call
-			     TOP(SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH)
+			     EXIT(TOP, SECOND, THIRD)
 			   otherwise we must call
-			     TOP(None, None, None)
+			     EXIT(None, None, None)
+
+			   In all cases, we remove EXIT from the stack, leaving
+			   the rest in the same order.
 
 			   In addition, if the stack represents an exception,
 			   *and* the function call returns a 'true' value, we
@@ -2040,36 +2043,59 @@
 			   should still be resumed.)
 			*/
 
-			x = TOP();
-			u = SECOND();
-			if (PyLong_Check(u) || u == Py_None) {
+			PyObject *exit_func;
+
+			u = POP();
+			if (u == Py_None) {
+			       	exit_func = TOP();
+				SET_TOP(u);
+				v = w = Py_None;
+			}
+			else if (PyLong_Check(u)) {
+				switch(PyLong_AS_LONG(u)) {
+				case WHY_RETURN:
+				case WHY_CONTINUE:
+					/* Retval in TOP. */
+					exit_func = SECOND();
+					SET_SECOND(TOP());
+					SET_TOP(u);
+					break;
+				default:
+					exit_func = TOP();
+					SET_TOP(u);
+					break;
+				}
 				u = v = w = Py_None;
 			}
 			else {
-				v = THIRD();
-				w = FOURTH();
+				v = TOP();
+				w = SECOND();
+				exit_func = THIRD();
+				SET_TOP(u);
+				SET_SECOND(v);
+				SET_THIRD(w);
 			}
 			/* XXX Not the fastest way to call it... */
-			x = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(x, u, v, w, NULL);
-			if (x == NULL)
+			x = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(exit_func, u, v, w,
+							 NULL);
+			if (x == NULL) {
+				Py_DECREF(exit_func);
 				break; /* Go to error exit */
+			}
 			if (u != Py_None && PyObject_IsTrue(x)) {
 				/* There was an exception and a true return */
-				Py_DECREF(x);
-				x = TOP(); /* Again */
-				STACKADJ(-3);
+				STACKADJ(-2);
 				Py_INCREF(Py_None);
 				SET_TOP(Py_None);
-				Py_DECREF(x);
 				Py_DECREF(u);
 				Py_DECREF(v);
 				Py_DECREF(w);
 			} else {
-				/* Let END_FINALLY do its thing */
-				Py_DECREF(x);
-				x = POP();
-				Py_DECREF(x);
+				/* The stack was rearranged to remove EXIT
+				   above. Let END_FINALLY do its thing */
 			}
+			Py_DECREF(x);
+			Py_DECREF(exit_func);
 			PREDICT(END_FINALLY);
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index f415519..6ad3822 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -3092,7 +3092,7 @@
 {
     static identifier enter_attr, exit_attr;
     basicblock *block, *finally;
-    identifier tmpexit, tmpvalue = NULL;
+    identifier tmpvalue = NULL;
 
     assert(s->kind == With_kind);
 
@@ -3112,12 +3112,6 @@
     if (!block || !finally)
 	return 0;
 
-    /* Create a temporary variable to hold context.__exit__ */
-    tmpexit = compiler_new_tmpname(c);
-    if (tmpexit == NULL)
-	return 0;
-    PyArena_AddPyObject(c->c_arena, tmpexit);
-
     if (s->v.With.optional_vars) {
 	/* Create a temporary variable to hold context.__enter__().
 	   We need to do this rather than preserving it on the stack
@@ -3137,11 +3131,10 @@
     /* Evaluate EXPR */
     VISIT(c, expr, s->v.With.context_expr);
 
-    /* Squirrel away context.__exit__  */
+    /* Squirrel away context.__exit__ by stuffing it under context */
     ADDOP(c, DUP_TOP);
     ADDOP_O(c, LOAD_ATTR, exit_attr, names);
-    if (!compiler_nameop(c, tmpexit, Store))
-	return 0;
+    ADDOP(c, ROT_TWO);
 
     /* Call context.__enter__() */
     ADDOP_O(c, LOAD_ATTR, enter_attr, names);
@@ -3185,10 +3178,9 @@
     if (!compiler_push_fblock(c, FINALLY_END, finally))
 	return 0;
 
-    /* Finally block starts; push tmpexit and issue our magic opcode. */
-    if (!compiler_nameop(c, tmpexit, Load) ||
-	!compiler_nameop(c, tmpexit, Del))
-	return 0;
+    /* Finally block starts; context.__exit__ is on the stack under
+       the exception or return information. Just issue our magic
+       opcode. */
     ADDOP(c, WITH_CLEANUP);
 
     /* Finally block ends. */
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 7dab46e..8f83410 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
        			    storing constants that should have been removed)
        Python 2.5c2: 62131 (fix wrong code: for x, in ... in listcomp/genexp)
        Python 2.6a0: 62151 (peephole optimizations and STORE_MAP opcode)
+       Python 2.6a1: 62161 (WITH_CLEANUP optimization)
        Python 3000:   3000
        	              3010 (removed UNARY_CONVERT)
 		      3020 (added BUILD_SET)
@@ -84,9 +85,9 @@
 		      3090 (kill str8 interning)
 		      3100 (merge from 2.6a0, see 62151)
 		      3102 (__file__ points to source file)
-.
+       Python 3.0a4: 3110 (WITH_CLEANUP optimization).
 */
-#define MAGIC (3102 | ((long)'\r'<<16) | ((long)'\n'<<24))
+#define MAGIC (3110 | ((long)'\r'<<16) | ((long)'\n'<<24))
 
 /* Magic word as global; note that _PyImport_Init() can change the
    value of this global to accommodate for alterations of how the