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Title: ConfigParser 50x slower in 2.7
Type: performance Stage:
Components: Extension Modules Versions: Python 3.2
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: rhettinger Nosy List: georg.brandl, lukasz.langa, rhettinger, skip.montanaro, skrah, vlachoudis
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2011-02-01 14:04 by vlachoudis, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Files
File name Uploaded Description Edit
ConfigParserTest.py vlachoudis, 2011-02-01 14:04
configparser.patch rhettinger, 2011-02-02 02:43 Py2.7 patch for ConfigParser.py
configparser.patch rhettinger, 2011-02-02 21:19 configparser.patch
Messages (9)
msg127699 - (view) Author: Vasilis (vlachoudis) Date: 2011-02-01 14:04
The ConfigParser class in 2.7 is almost >50 times slower than in the 2.6 which for large files it renders it almost unusable. Actually the speed decrease depends on the amount of the stored data

Results from test program:
Python 2.7 (r27:82500, Sep 16 2010, 18:02:00)
on 3.5GHz Fedora14 64bit machine
ConfigParser 166.307140827                
RawConfigParser 0.1887819767 

Python 2.6.4 (r264:75706, Jun  4 2010, 18:20:31)
on 3.0GHz Fedora13 64bit machine
ConfigParser 4.24494099617
RawConfigParser 0.172905921936
msg127710 - (view) Author: Stefan Krah (skrah) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-01 22:06
If OrderedDict is used, the test case quickly uses 8GB of memory. With
this change (I'm not suggesting this as a fix!), the timings are normal:


Index: Lib/ConfigParser.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/ConfigParser.py (revision 88298)
+++ Lib/ConfigParser.py (working copy)
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 except ImportError:
     # fallback for setup.py which hasn't yet built _collections
     _default_dict = dict
+_default_dict = dict
 
 import re
msg127713 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 01:46
Commenting-out the ``c.set(section,"item#%d"%(i),str(i))`` calls shows that that is not where the problem lies for the ConfigParser() class.
The issue seems confined to ConfigParser.get().

The  RawConfigParser() class doesn't seem to have the same issue.

Looking at the 2.7 code for ConfigParser.get() shows that it is doing a lot more than just getting.  For example, it does a full copy of defaults dictionary on every call !?

I'll look at it more shortly.
msg127715 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 02:43
Attaching a patch that fixes the algorithmic atrocities by using the Chainmap recipe:

  http://code.activestate.com/recipes/305268-chained-map-lookups
msg127726 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 08:39
Fixed for 2.7 in r88318.  Will make a similar fix for 3.1.4 and for 3.2.1.
msg127761 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 21:19
Attaching patch for Python 3.2.

Georg, I was think of waiting for 3.2.1 for this one, but it can go into 3.2.0 RC2 if you prefer.
msg127764 - (view) Author: Georg Brandl (georg.brandl) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 21:29
3.2.1 should be fine.
msg127766 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-02 21:37
Fixed 3.1 in r88323.
msg128986 - (view) Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-02-21 19:43
See r88469 and r88470.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:12adminsetgithub: 55298
2011-02-21 19:43:02rhettingersetstatus: open -> closed

messages: + msg128986
resolution: later -> fixed
nosy: skip.montanaro, georg.brandl, rhettinger, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
2011-02-02 21:37:48rhettingersetversions: - Python 3.1
nosy: skip.montanaro, georg.brandl, rhettinger, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
messages: + msg127766

assignee: georg.brandl -> rhettinger
resolution: later
2011-02-02 21:29:21georg.brandlsetnosy: skip.montanaro, georg.brandl, rhettinger, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
messages: + msg127764
2011-02-02 21:19:06rhettingersetfiles: + configparser.patch

nosy: + georg.brandl
messages: + msg127761

assignee: rhettinger -> georg.brandl
2011-02-02 08:39:47rhettingersetassignee: lukasz.langa -> rhettinger
versions: - Python 2.7
messages: + msg127726
nosy: skip.montanaro, rhettinger, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
2011-02-02 02:43:22rhettingersetfiles: + configparser.patch

messages: + msg127715
keywords: + patch
nosy: skip.montanaro, rhettinger, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
2011-02-02 01:46:44rhettingersetnosy: + rhettinger
messages: + msg127713
2011-02-01 22:33:25pitrousetnosy: skip.montanaro, skrah, lukasz.langa, vlachoudis
versions: + Python 3.1, Python 3.2
2011-02-01 22:07:00skrahsetnosy: + skrah
messages: + msg127710
2011-02-01 14:30:27skip.montanarosetnosy: + skip.montanaro
2011-02-01 14:23:35pitrousetassignee: lukasz.langa

nosy: + lukasz.langa
2011-02-01 14:04:42vlachoudiscreate