--- bench_rfind.log	2009-12-20 23:52:36.035807149 +0100
+++ bench_rfast.log	2009-12-20 23:44:48.312805825 +0100
@@ -1,139 +1,139 @@
-2.7a1+ (trunk:76951M, Dec 20 2009, 23:45:50) 
+2.7a1+ (trunk:76951M, Dec 20 2009, 23:34:14)
 [GCC 4.3.2]
-2009-12-20 23:46:11.301476
+2009-12-20 23:38:21.564641
 string	unicode
 (in ms)	(in ms)	%	comment
(...)

 ========== late match, 100 characters
-15.06	17.31	87.0	s="ABC"*33; ((s+"D")*500+s+"E").find(s+"E") (*100)
-8.92	10.41	85.7	s="ABC"*33; (s+"E") in ((s+"D")*300+s+"E") (*100)
-14.88	17.31	86.0	s="ABC"*33; ((s+"D")*500+s+"E").index(s) (*100)
-32.82	15.65	209.7	s="ABC"*33; ("E"+s+("D"+s)*500).find("E"+s) (*100)
+14.89	17.81	83.6	s="ABC"*33; ((s+"D")*500+s+"E").find(s+"E") (*100)
+8.93	10.46	85.4	s="ABC"*33; (s+"E") in ((s+"D")*300+s+"E") (*100)
+14.89	17.36	85.7	s="ABC"*33; ((s+"D")*500+s+"E").index(s) (*100)
+11.76	13.23	88.8	s="ABC"*33; ("E"+s+("D"+s)*500).find("E"+s) (*100)
 ========== late match, two characters
-2.51	2.75	91.3	("AB"*300+"C").find("BC") (*1000)
-2.18	2.43	90.0	"BC" in ("AB"*300+"C") (*1000)
-2.54	2.80	90.7	("AB"*300+"C").index("BC") (*1000)
-4.37	2.46	178.0	("C"+"AB"*300).rfind("CA") (*1000)
+2.50	2.75	90.7	("AB"*300+"C").find("BC") (*1000)
+2.17	2.42	89.5	"BC" in ("AB"*300+"C") (*1000)
+2.50	2.75	91.0	("AB"*300+"C").index("BC") (*1000)
+2.11	2.31	91.7	("C"+"AB"*300).rfind("CA") (*1000)
 ========== no match, single character
-3.84	3.82	100.5	("A"*1000).find("B") (*1000)
-3.56	3.58	99.4	"B" in "A"*1000 (*1000)
-6.99	3.85	181.5	("A"*1000).rfind("B") (*1000)
+3.77	3.78	99.9	("A"*1000).find("B") (*1000)
+3.48	3.50	99.2	"B" in "A"*1000 (*1000)
+3.70	3.61	102.5	("A"*1000).rfind("B") (*1000)
 ========== no match, two characters
-7.51	7.93	94.7	("AB"*1000).find("BC") (*1000)
-6.98	7.66	91.1	"BC" in "AB"*1000 (*1000)
-14.20	13.61	104.3	("AB"*1000).rfind("BC") (*1000)
+7.00	7.83	89.4	("AB"*1000).find("BC") (*1000)
+6.72	7.51	89.4	"BC" in "AB"*1000 (*1000)
+7.77	8.28	93.8	("AB"*1000).rfind("BC") (*1000)

(...)
-331.40	400.23	93.6	TOTAL
+297.76	392.90	92.0	TOTAL