Faster (6):
- dict[str, n=1000]: 22.3 ns +- 0.5 ns -> 19.9 ns +- 0.8 ns: 1.12x faster
- dict[int, n=10]: 16.4 ns +- 0.6 ns -> 15.3 ns +- 0.4 ns: 1.07x faster
- dict[int, n=100000]: 27.4 ns +- 0.3 ns -> 26.0 ns +- 0.1 ns: 1.05x faster
- dict[str, n=100000]: 23.2 ns +- 0.9 ns -> 22.1 ns +- 2.3 ns: 1.05x faster
- dict[str, n=10]: 20.1 ns +- 0.6 ns -> 19.5 ns +- 1.4 ns: 1.03x faster
- dict[int, n=1000]: 26.5 ns +- 0.3 ns -> 25.9 ns +- 1.2 ns: 1.02x faster

Geometric mean: 1.06x faster

$ cpython/python -m pyperf compare_to main-opt.json log2bytes-opt.json -G --min-speed=1
Slower (3):
- scimark_fft: 356 ms +- 2 ms -> 368 ms +- 4 ms: 1.03x slower
- scimark_sparse_mat_mult: 5.12 ms +- 0.06 ms -> 5.23 ms +- 0.06 ms: 1.02x slower
- fannkuch: 425 ms +- 4 ms -> 430 ms +- 2 ms: 1.01x slower

Faster (22):
- nbody: 108 ms +- 2 ms -> 102 ms +- 1 ms: 1.07x faster
- logging_silent: 123 ns +- 2 ns -> 115 ns +- 1 ns: 1.07x faster
- pickle_list: 4.92 us +- 0.06 us -> 4.70 us +- 0.03 us: 1.05x faster
- unpickle: 15.1 us +- 0.2 us -> 14.6 us +- 0.2 us: 1.04x faster
- unpack_sequence: 55.5 ns +- 0.7 ns -> 53.5 ns +- 0.8 ns: 1.04x faster
- pickle_dict: 29.6 us +- 0.1 us -> 28.5 us +- 0.1 us: 1.04x faster
- pickle: 11.2 us +- 0.7 us -> 10.8 us +- 0.1 us: 1.04x faster
- float: 89.4 ms +- 1.2 ms -> 86.3 ms +- 1.1 ms: 1.04x faster
- go: 163 ms +- 1 ms -> 157 ms +- 1 ms: 1.03x faster
- pyflate: 501 ms +- 3 ms -> 487 ms +- 3 ms: 1.03x faster
- regex_dna: 240 ms +- 2 ms -> 233 ms +- 1 ms: 1.03x faster
- pathlib: 22.8 ms +- 0.6 ms -> 22.3 ms +- 0.3 ms: 1.02x faster
- richards: 54.7 ms +- 1.1 ms -> 53.5 ms +- 1.0 ms: 1.02x faster
- chaos: 80.2 ms +- 0.6 ms -> 78.7 ms +- 0.9 ms: 1.02x faster
- chameleon: 7.76 ms +- 0.06 ms -> 7.63 ms +- 0.14 ms: 1.02x faster
- regex_effbot: 3.52 ms +- 0.05 ms -> 3.47 ms +- 0.03 ms: 1.01x faster
- django_template: 39.6 ms +- 0.4 ms -> 39.1 ms +- 0.5 ms: 1.01x faster
- xml_etree_parse: 163 ms +- 2 ms -> 162 ms +- 2 ms: 1.01x faster
- sympy_integrate: 24.4 ms +- 0.1 ms -> 24.1 ms +- 0.2 ms: 1.01x faster
- unpickle_pure_python: 279 us +- 2 us -> 276 us +- 2 us: 1.01x faster
- raytrace: 347 ms +- 3 ms -> 343 ms +- 2 ms: 1.01x faster
- scimark_sor: 134 ms +- 1 ms -> 133 ms +- 2 ms: 1.01x faster

Benchmark hidden because not significant (34): 2to3, crypto_pyaes, deltablue, dulwich_log, hexiom, html5lib, json_dumps, json_loads, logging_format, logging_simple, mako, meteor_contest, nqueens, pickle_pure_python, pidigits, python_startup, python_startup_no_site, regex_compile, regex_v8, scimark_lu, scimark_monte_carlo, spectral_norm, sqlalchemy_declarative, sqlalchemy_imperative, sqlite_synth, sympy_expand, sympy_sum, sympy_str, telco, tornado_http, unpickle_list, xml_etree_iterparse, xml_etree_generate, xml_etree_process

Geometric mean: 1.01x faster