Message 259710 - Python tracker

(Oops, I attached the wrong patch, fixed in patch v2.)

Quick & dirty micro-benchmark:

Original:

$ ./python -m timeit -s 'lst=list("hello")' 'lst[2]'
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0261 usec per loop

Patched:

$ ./python -m timeit -s 'lst=list("hello")' 'lst[2]'
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0186 usec per loop