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gh-128563: Document the tail-calling interpreter (GH-129728)

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@ -618,6 +618,16 @@ also be used to improve performance.
Enable computed gotos in evaluation loop (enabled by default on supported
compilers).
.. option:: --with-tail-call-interp
Enable interpreters using tail calls in CPython. If enabled, enabling PGO
(:option:`--enable-optimizations`) is highly recommended. This option specifically
requires a C compiler with proper tail call support, and the
`preserve_none <https://clang.llvm.org/docs/AttributeReference.html#preserve-none>`_
calling convention. For example, Clang 19 and newer supports this feature.
.. versionadded:: next
.. option:: --without-mimalloc
Disable the fast :ref:`mimalloc <mimalloc>` allocator