bpo-35884: Add variable access benchmarking script (GH-11725)
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
index 09c43b1..a3982b0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -551,3 +551,11 @@
* Added new opcode :opcode:`END_ASYNC_FOR` for handling exceptions raised
when awaiting a next item in an :keyword:`async for` loop.
(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`33041`.)
+
+
+Demos and Tools
+---------------
+
+* Added a benchmark script for timing various ways to access variables:
+ ``Tools/scripts/var_access_benchmark.py``.
+ (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`35884`.)