* [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