Since we've come this far, might as well keep taking advantage of the
effort...

There are substantial improvements on the micro benchmarks for things
that wait and switch:

| Benchmark           | 27_hub_master2 | 27_hub_cython5               |
|---------------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| multiple wait ready | 1.96 us        | 1.10 us: 1.77x faster (-44%) |
| wait ready          | 1.47 us        | 897 ns: 1.64x faster (-39%)  |
| cancel wait         | 2.93 us        | 1.81 us: 1.61x faster (-38%) |
| switch              | 2.33 us        | 1.94 us: 1.20x faster (-17%) |

| Benchmark           | 36_hub_master2 | 36_hub_cython6 |
|---------------------|----------------|------------------------------|
| multiple wait ready | 1.28 us        | 820 ns: 1.56x faster (-36%)  |
| wait ready          | 939 ns         | 722 ns: 1.30x faster (-23%)  |
| cancel wait         | 1.76 us        | 1.37 us: 1.29x faster (-23%) |
| switch              | 1.60 us        | 1.35 us: 1.18x faster (-16%) |