Measurements of _testcapi.profile_int, on an 800MHz G3, OSX 10.4.7

best of three runs

r51476 (original p3yk)

Test 1: 1.601978s

Test 2: 1.696623s

Test 3: 1.900683s

Test 4: 5.307155s

Test 5: 2.546707s

Test 6: 1.670252s

Test 7: 1.910734s

r51506 (int type dropped)

Test 1: 4.134757s

Test 2: 4.398235s

Test 3: 4.611636s

Test 4: 10.665429s

r51509 (small int cache)

Test 1: 3.457184s

Test 2: 4.514800s

Test 3: 4.999010s

Test 4: 10.818277s

r51452 (special-casing medium int allocation)

Test 1: 3.258219s

Test 2: 4.255007s

Test 3: 4.547923s

Test 4: 10.615123s

Test 5: 5.255545s

Test 6: 3.775941s

Test 7: 4.001805s

r51562 (special-case one-digit operations)

Test 1: 3.527860s

Test 2: 3.975953s

Test 3: 4.226751s

Test 4: 10.605721s

Test 5: 5.233576s

Test 6: 2.161525s

Test 7: 3.421624s

r51573 (speed up PyLong_FromLong)

Test 1: 3.149116s

Test 2: 3.948204s

Test 3: 4.012080s

Test 4: 8.589921s

Test 5: 4.481723s

Test 6: 2.259849s

Test 7: 3.453212s