gh-131798: Optimize _ITER_CHECK_RANGE and _ITER_CHECK_LIST

Lib/test/test_capi/test_opt.py

@@ -3858,6 +3858,20 @@ def testfunc(n):
         self.assertIn("_POP_TOP_NOP", uops)
         self.assertLessEqual(count_ops(ex, "_POP_TOP"), 2)
 
+    def test_iter_check_list(self):
+        def testfunc(n):
+            x = 0
+            for _ in range(n):
+                l = [1]
+                for num in l: # unguarded
+                    x += num
+            return x
+        res, ex = self._run_with_optimizer(testfunc, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        self.assertEqual(res, TIER2_THRESHOLD)
+        uops = get_opnames(ex)
+
+        self.assertIn("_BUILD_LIST", uops)
+        self.assertNotIn("_ITER_CHECK_LIST", uops)
 
     def test_143026(self):
         # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/143026

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-02-08-01-19-50.gh-issue-131798.PaWDNH.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Optimize ``_ITER_CHECK_RANGE`` and ``_ITER_CHECK_LIST`` in the JIT

Python/optimizer_bytecodes.c

@@ -1088,6 +1088,20 @@ dummy_func(void) {
         sym_set_type(iter, &PyTuple_Type);
     }
 
+    op(_ITER_CHECK_LIST, (iter, null_or_index -- iter, null_or_index)) {
+        if (sym_matches_type(iter, &PyList_Type)) {
+            ADD_OP(_NOP, 0, 0);
+        }
+        sym_set_type(iter, &PyList_Type);
+    }
+
+    op(_ITER_CHECK_RANGE, (iter, null_or_index -- iter, null_or_index)) {
+        if (sym_matches_type(iter, &PyRange_Type)) {
+            ADD_OP(_NOP, 0, 0);
+        }
+        sym_set_type(iter, &PyRange_Type);
+    }
+
     op(_ITER_NEXT_RANGE, (iter, null_or_index -- iter, null_or_index, next)) {
        next = sym_new_type(ctx, &PyLong_Type);
     }