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Title: Lazy creation of __dict__ in OrderedDict
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Extension Modules Versions: Python 3.6
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: serhiy.storchaka Nosy List: Winterflower, eric.snow, jcea, python-dev, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2015-12-25 12:48 by serhiy.storchaka, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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Messages (4)
msg256988 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-12-25 12:48
For now OrderedDict always creates an empty dict for __dict__.

>>> from collections import OrderedDict
>>> import gc
>>> gc.get_referents(OrderedDict())
[{}]
>>> class OD(OrderedDict): pass
... 
>>> gc.get_referents(OD())
[<class '__main__.OD'>, {}]

But dict subclasses (as well as most other classes) create an empty dict for __dict__ only if needed.

>>> class D(dict): pass
... 
>>> d = D()
>>> gc.get_referents(d)
[<class '__main__.D'>]
>>> d.__dict__
{}
>>> gc.get_referents(d)
[{}, <class '__main__.D'>]

This allows to save CPU time for dictionary creation and a memory (144 bytes on 32-bit, twice as much on 64-bit).

Proposed patch makes __dict__ in OrderedDict to be created only if needed.
msg257044 - (view) Author: Camilla Montonen (Winterflower) Date: 2015-12-26 20:01
Hi Serhiy, 
I tried to see whether the patch's unit test in test_ordered_dict.py would fail when the changes to odictobject.c were not applied and it did not. 
The code change to test_ordered_dict.py does not appear to test the fact that a dict is not automatically created when an ordered dict is instantiated (?).
msg258593 - (view) Author: Serhiy Storchaka (serhiy.storchaka) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-01-19 13:56
The patch have no visible effect, except lesser memory consumption. The latter is hard to measure in tests. Additional tests just ensure that the patch doesn't break existing behavior.
msg259849 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2016-02-08 14:39
New changeset caab6b356a9e by Serhiy Storchaka in branch 'default':
Issue #25949: __dict__ for an OrderedDict instance is now created only when
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/caab6b356a9e
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:25adminsetgithub: 70137
2017-04-25 01:18:03jceasetnosy: + jcea
2016-02-08 14:40:06serhiy.storchakasetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2016-02-08 14:39:36python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg259849
2016-01-19 13:56:45serhiy.storchakasetassignee: serhiy.storchaka
messages: + msg258593
2015-12-26 20:01:16Winterflowersetnosy: + Winterflower
messages: + msg257044
2015-12-25 12:48:08serhiy.storchakacreate