Pending:

 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1479611|[ 1479611 ]] ] speed up function calls TP
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/876193|[ 876193 ]] ] reorganize, extend function call optimizations TP
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1107887|[ 1107887 ]] ] Speed up function calls/can add more introspection info TP
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1087418|[ 1087418 ]] ]  long int bitwise ops speedup TP
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1366311|[ 1366311 ]] ] SRE engine do not release the GIL
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1346214|[ 1346214 ]] ] Better dead code elimination for the AST compiler GB
   * New patch posted, ready for review
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1243654|[ 1243654 ]] ] Faster output if message already has a boundary SH


Addressed:

 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1145039|[ 1145039 ]] ] Remove some invariant conditions and assert in ceval TP
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1442927|[ 1442927 ]] ] `PyLong_FromString` optimization
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1335972|[ 1335972]] ] combo speedup and bugfix for string->int conversion
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/876206|[ 876206 ]] ] scary frame speed hacks [SUCCESS]
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1281707|[ 1281707 ]] ] Speed up gzip.readline (~40%) [SUCCESS]
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1337051|[ 1337051 ]] ] remove 4 ints from PyFrameObject
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1243730|[ 1243730 ]] ] Big speedup in email message parsing SH '''no speedup observed'''
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/921466|[ 921466 ]] ] Reduce number of open calls on startup GB
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1359618|[ 1359618 ]] ] Speed charmap encoder [patch approved, MAL to apply]

Deferred:
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/813436|[ 813436 ]] ] Scalable zipfile extension
   * Addressed by SoC student
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/738094|[ 738094 ]] ] for i in range(N) optimization
   * Related to [[http://www.python.org/sf/1472639|[ 1472639 ]] ] make range be xrange
   * Topic was discussed endlessly for some times.
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/936813|[ 936813 ]] ] fast modular exponentiation
   * Going to need a lot of attention, not suitable for the sprint.
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/923643|[ 923643 ]] ] long <-> byte-string conversion
   * This is a feature request.
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1353872|[ 1353872 ]] ] a faster Modulefinder  (Related to py2exe runtime performance)
   * No one interested in it.
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1492828|[ 1492828 ]] ] Improvements to ceval.c --> RaymondHettinger
 * [[http://www.python.org/sf/1346238|[ 1346238 ]] ] A constant folding optimization pass for the AST