> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/cdcc816dea85 > changeset: 76971:cdcc816dea85 > user: Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> > date: Tue May 15 23:48:04 2012 +0200 > summary: > Issue #14624: UTF-16 decoding is now 3x to 4x faster on various inputs. > Patch by Serhiy Storchaka. Such optimization should be mentioned in the What's New in Python 3.3 doc if Python 3.3 is now faster than Python 3.2. Same remark for the UTF-8 optimization. Victor