Message 270280 - Python tracker
The simplest perf fix is to first use BUILD_TUPLE instead of BUILD_LIST timeit 'x=1;(x,x,x)' 0.36 usec per loop timeit 'x=1;[x,x,x]' 0.425 usec per loop Introducing a new opcode BUILD_STRING to inline PyTuple_New + PyUnicode_Join to replace BUILD_TUPLE + CALL_FUNCTION should benchmark against BUILD_TUPLE version, not BUILD_LIST + CALL_FUNCTION