Benchmark doesn't show any serious improvements. Some test cases are even slower.

Report on Linux freimann 3.2.0-35-generic #55-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 17:42:16 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64
Total CPU cores: 6

### call_simple ###
Min: 0.201824 -> 0.208248: 1.03x slower
Avg: 0.210608 -> 0.217300: 1.03x slower
Significant (t=-2.23)
Stddev: 0.00818 -> 0.00829: 1.0134x larger
Timeline: b'http://tinyurl.com/axqoqp4'

### go ###
Min: 0.534641 -> 0.550004: 1.03x slower
Avg: 0.537874 -> 0.552782: 1.03x slower
Significant (t=-11.89)
Stddev: 0.00184 -> 0.00211: 1.1495x larger
Timeline: b'http://tinyurl.com/b5k3ua4'

### pathlib ###
Min: 0.121589 -> 0.117025: 1.04x faster
Avg: 0.126679 -> 0.122279: 1.04x faster
Significant (t=3.64)
Stddev: 0.00429 -> 0.00427: 1.0048x smaller
Timeline: b'http://tinyurl.com/acbb69o'

### spectral_norm ###
Min: 0.280749 -> 0.305213: 1.09x slower
Avg: 0.281194 -> 0.305390: 1.09x slower
Significant (t=-120.69)
Stddev: 0.00044 -> 0.00011: 4.1101x smaller
Timeline: b'http://tinyurl.com/awyeejp'

The following not significant results are hidden, use -v to show them:
call_method, call_method_slots, call_method_unknown, chaos, fannkuch, fastpickle, fastunpickle, float, formatted_logging, iterative_count, json_dump_v2, json_load, meteor_contest, nbody, normal_startup, nqueens, pidigits, raytrace, regex_compile, regex_effbot, regex_v8, richards, silent_logging, simple_logging, startup_nosite, telco, threaded_count, unpack_sequence.