[New-bugs-announce] [issue25159] Import time regression

[Serhiy Storchaka]

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka:

There are regressions in import time in 3.5 and 3.6.

$ for i in `seq 5`; do ./python -I -m timeit -n1 -r1 "import enum"; done

Python 3.4:
1 loops, best of 1: 3.45 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 3.43 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 3.55 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 3.54 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 3.42 msec per loop

Python 3.5:
1 loops, best of 1: 4.38 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 4.31 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 4.32 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 4.32 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 4.4 msec per loop

Python 3.6:
1 loops, best of 1: 20.2 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 20.2 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 22 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 20.3 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 20.4 msec per loop


$ for i in `seq 5`; do ./python -I -m timeit -n1 -r1 -s "import sys; sys.modules.clear()" -- "import enum"; done

Python 3.4:
1 loops, best of 1: 29.5 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 29.3 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 30 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 28.9 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 29.2 msec per loop

Python 3.5:
1 loops, best of 1: 43.8 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 44 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 43.5 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 43.1 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 43.8 msec per loop

Python 3.6:
1 loops, best of 1: 59.8 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 59.1 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 58.8 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 58.6 msec per loop
1 loops, best of 1: 61.9 msec per loop


And even in importing already imported and cached module there is small regression.
$ for i in `seq 5`; do ./python -I -m timeit "import enum"; done

Python 3.4:
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.04 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.07 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.08 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.11 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.04 usec per loop

Python 3.5:
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.27 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.22 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.18 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.28 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.17 usec per loop

Python 3.6:
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.29 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.26 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.34 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.35 usec per loop
100000 loops, best of 3: 3.35 usec per loop

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messages: 250941
nosy: brett.cannon, eric.snow, ncoghlan, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Import time regression
type: performance
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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