* [http://www.python.org/sf/1479611 1479611 ] speed up function calls
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1442927 1442927 ] PyLong_FromString optimization
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1366311 1366311 ] SRE engine do not release the GIL
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1359618 1359618 ] Speed charmap encoder
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1353872 1353872 ] a faster Modulefinder (Related to py2exe runtime performance)
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1346238 1346238 ] A constant folding optimization pass for the AST
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1346214 1346214 ] Better dead code elimination for the AST compiler
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1337051 1337051 ] remove 4 ints from PyFrameObject
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1281707 1281707 ] Speed up gzip.readline (~40%)
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1243730 1243730 ] Big speedup in email message parsing
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1243654 1243654 ] Faster output if message already has a boundary
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1145039 1145039 ] Remove some invariant conditions and assert in ceval
* [http://www.python.org/sf/1107887 1107887 ] Speed up function calls/can add more introspection info
* [http://www.python.org/sf/936813 936813 ] fast modular exponentiation
* [http://www.python.org/sf/923643 923643 ] long <-> byte-string conversion
* [http://www.python.org/sf/921466 921466 ] Reduce number of open calls on startup
* [http://www.python.org/sf/876206 876206 ] scary frame speed hacks
* [http://www.python.org/sf/876193 876193 ] reorganize, extend function call optimizations
* [http://www.python.org/sf/813436 813436 ] Scalable zipfile extension
* [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