Issue #4753: By enabling a configure option named '--with-computed-gotos'
on compilers that support it (notably: gcc, SunPro, icc), the bytecode
evaluation loop is compiled with a new dispatch mechanism which gives
speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system, on various benchmarks.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 684ba7f..ad3623c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #4753: By enabling a configure option named '--with-computed-gotos'
+ on compilers that support it (notably: gcc, SunPro, icc), the bytecode
+ evaluation loop is compiled with a new dispatch mechanism which gives
+ speedups of up to 20%, depending on the system, on various benchmarks.
+
- Issue #4874: Most builtin decoders now reject unicode input.
- Issue #4842: Don't allow trailing 'L' when constructing an integer