diff -C 3 -r Python-3.2.3_orig/Objects/unicodeobject.c Python-3.2.3/Objects/unicodeobject.c
*** Python-3.2.3_orig/Objects/unicodeobject.c   2012-09-06 16:57:35.000000000 +0200
--- Python-3.2.3/Objects/unicodeobject.c    2012-09-06 17:26:10.000000000 +0200
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*** 7264,7269 ****
--- 7264,7298 ----

  #else

+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #include <stdbool.h>
+ static uint64_t strCmpEq;
+ static uint64_t strCmpLt;
+ static uint64_t strCmpGt;
+ static uint64_t totalChars;
+ static uint64_t comparedChars;
+
+ bool strEq(PyUnicodeObject *x, const char *y) {
+   int i;
+   if (strlen(y) != x->length) return false;
+   for (i = 0; i < x->length; i++) {
+       if (x->str[i] != y[i]) {
+           return false;
+       }
+   }
+   return true;
+ }
+
+ void record(int returnVal) {
+   if (returnVal == -1) {
+       strCmpLt++;
+   } else if (returnVal == 0) {
+       strCmpEq++;
+   } else {
+       strCmpGt++;
+   }
+ }
+
  static int
  unicode_compare(PyUnicodeObject *str1, PyUnicodeObject *str2)
  {
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*** 7274,7293 ****

      len1 = str1->length;
      len2 = str2->length;

      while (len1 > 0 && len2 > 0) {
          Py_UNICODE c1, c2;

          c1 = *s1++;
          c2 = *s2++;

!         if (c1 != c2)
!             return (c1 < c2) ? -1 : 1;

          len1--; len2--;
      }
!
!     return (len1 < len2) ? -1 : (len1 != len2);
  }

  #endif
--- 7303,7335 ----

      len1 = str1->length;
      len2 = str2->length;
+   totalChars += (len1 < len2) ? len1 : len2;
+   if (strEq(str1, "pleasedumpstats")) {
+       fprintf(stderr, "strCmpEq %ld\n", strCmpEq);
+       fprintf(stderr, "strCmpLt %ld\n", strCmpLt);
+       fprintf(stderr, "strCmpGt %ld\n", strCmpGt);
+       fprintf(stderr, "strCmpTc %ld\n", totalChars);
+       fprintf(stderr, "strCmpCc %ld\n", comparedChars);
+   }

      while (len1 > 0 && len2 > 0) {
+       comparedChars++;
          Py_UNICODE c1, c2;

          c1 = *s1++;
          c2 = *s2++;

!         if (c1 != c2) {
!             int returnVal = (c1 < c2) ? -1 : 1;
!           record(returnVal);
!           return returnVal;
!       }

          len1--; len2--;
      }
!   int returnVal = (len1 < len2) ? -1 : (len1 != len2);
!   record(returnVal);
!     return returnVal;
  }

  #endif