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> > > 4% on a micro-micro-benchmark is hardly compelling...
> >
> > I concur!  This is utterly insignificant and certainly does
> > not warrant removing the checks.
> >
> > -1 on these sort of fake optimizations.  We should focus
> > on algorithmic improvements and eliminating redundant
> > work and whatnot.  Removing checks that were put there for a reason  
> > doesn't seem useful at all.
>
> To be fair, the main proposed optimization(s) would speed up the  
> microbenchmark by 15-25% (Daniel already stated that the NULL checks  
> didn't have a significant impact).  This seems significant,  
> considering that tight loops whose cost is heavily due to array access  
> are common.

I thought people used PyList_GET_ITEM or something similar
in those use situations.


Raymond
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