[Python-Dev] PEP 447: add type.__locallookup__
Ethan Furman
ethan at stoneleaf.us
Mon Sep 9 18:05:57 CEST 2013
On 09/09/2013 08:43 AM, Mark Shannon wrote:
> I would like time to investigate this further, but at the moment I think it will either make attribute lookup poorly
> defined or slow.
>
> Of the top of my head, the problem as a I see it is basically this:
> Currently, type.__getattribute__() is a fixed point in the lookup of attributes.
> The proposal means that a fixed point is not reached until the cls parameter of type.__getattribute__() is either object
> or type,
> otherwise type.__getattribute__() and type.__locallookup__ must bounce back and forth.
>
> This will slow down *every* attribute lookup for what is a fairly obscure use case.
Looks like there's a patch we can try at http://bugs.python.org/issue18181.
Here are Ronald's last timings:
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BuiltinFunctionCalls: 45ms 44ms +1.3% 45ms 44ms +1.3%
BuiltinMethodLookup: 26ms 27ms -2.4% 27ms 27ms -2.2%
CompareFloats: 33ms 34ms -0.7% 33ms 34ms -1.1%
CompareFloatsIntegers: 66ms 67ms -0.9% 66ms 67ms -0.8%
CompareIntegers: 51ms 50ms +0.9% 51ms 50ms +0.8%
CompareInternedStrings: 34ms 33ms +0.4% 34ms 34ms -0.4%
CompareLongs: 29ms 29ms -0.1% 29ms 29ms -0.0%
CompareStrings: 43ms 44ms -1.8% 44ms 44ms -1.8%
ComplexPythonFunctionCalls: 44ms 42ms +3.9% 44ms 42ms +4.1%
ConcatStrings: 33ms 33ms -0.4% 33ms 33ms -1.0%
CreateInstances: 47ms 48ms -2.9% 47ms 49ms -3.4%
CreateNewInstances: 35ms 36ms -2.5% 36ms 36ms -2.5%
CreateStringsWithConcat: 69ms 70ms -0.7% 69ms 70ms -0.9%
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DictWithFloatKeys: 40ms 44ms -10.1% 43ms 45ms -5.8%
DictWithIntegerKeys: 32ms 36ms -11.2% 35ms 37ms -4.6%
DictWithStringKeys: 29ms 34ms -15.7% 35ms 40ms -11.0%
ForLoops: 30ms 29ms +2.2% 30ms 29ms +2.2%
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PythonFunctionCalls: 39ms 38ms +3.5% 39ms 38ms +2.8%
PythonMethodCalls: 51ms 49ms +3.0% 51ms 50ms +2.8%
Recursion: 67ms 68ms -1.4% 67ms 68ms -1.4%
SecondImport: 41ms 36ms +12.5% 41ms 36ms +12.6%
SecondPackageImport: 45ms 40ms +13.1% 45ms 40ms +13.2%
SecondSubmoduleImport: 92ms 95ms -2.4% 95ms 98ms -3.6%
SimpleComplexArithmetic: 28ms 28ms -0.1% 28ms 28ms -0.2%
SimpleDictManipulation: 57ms 57ms -1.0% 57ms 58ms -1.0%
SimpleFloatArithmetic: 29ms 28ms +4.7% 29ms 28ms +4.9%
SimpleIntFloatArithmetic: 37ms 41ms -8.5% 37ms 41ms -8.7%
SimpleIntegerArithmetic: 37ms 41ms -9.4% 37ms 42ms -10.2%
SimpleListComprehensions: 33ms 33ms -1.9% 33ms 34ms -2.9%
SimpleListManipulation: 28ms 30ms -4.3% 29ms 30ms -4.1%
SimpleLongArithmetic: 26ms 26ms +0.5% 26ms 26ms +0.5%
SmallLists: 40ms 40ms +0.1% 40ms 40ms +0.1%
SmallTuples: 46ms 47ms -2.4% 46ms 48ms -3.0%
SpecialClassAttribute: 126ms 120ms +4.7% 126ms 121ms +4.4%
SpecialInstanceAttribute: 42ms 42ms +0.6% 42ms 42ms +0.8%
StringMappings: 94ms 91ms +3.9% 94ms 91ms +3.8%
StringPredicates: 48ms 49ms -1.7% 48ms 49ms -2.1%
StringSlicing: 45ms 45ms +1.4% 46ms 45ms +1.5%
TryExcept: 23ms 22ms +4.9% 23ms 22ms +4.8%
TryFinally: 32ms 32ms -0.1% 32ms 32ms +0.1%
TryRaiseExcept: 17ms 17ms +0.9% 17ms 17ms +0.5%
TupleSlicing: 49ms 48ms +1.1% 49ms 49ms +1.0%
WithFinally: 48ms 47ms +2.3% 48ms 47ms +2.4%
WithRaiseExcept: 45ms 44ms +0.8% 45ms 45ms +0.5%
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