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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Restore (or beat) Python 2 performance for arithmetic operations on ints that fit into a single word","articleBody":"\r\nIn Python 2 `int`s and `long`s were different objects, and the design of each was tailored to the different size and use cases.\r\nIn Python3 we dropped the distinction, but we also dropped the design for `int`s that fit into a single word.\r\nWe have added various fast paths for \"medium\" integers (e.g. https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/89109) but the underlying data structure gets in the way.\r\n\r\nWe should layout the int/long object so that it supports fast operations for most integers.\r\n\r\nSee https://github.com/faster-cpython/ideas/issues/548 for a fuller discussion\r\n\r\n\n\n\u003c!-- gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n### Linked PRs\n* gh-101292\n* gh-101685\n* gh-102464\n* gh-104742\n* gh-104759\n* gh-107388\n* gh-107392\n* gh-125384\n* gh-125407\n* gh-125408\n\u003c!-- /gh-linked-prs --\u003e\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/markshannon","@type":"Person","name":"markshannon"},"datePublished":"2023-01-24T17:12:18.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":7},"url":"https://github.com/101291/cpython/issues/101291"}