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Title: Mention implicit cache in struct.Struct docs
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.8, Python 3.7, Python 3.6
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: ZackerySpytz, docs@python, gregory.p.smith, miss-islington, ncoghlan
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2018-03-08 23:22 by ncoghlan, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 7700 merged ZackerySpytz, 2018-06-15 08:02
PR 9160 merged miss-islington, 2018-09-11 04:37
Messages (5)
msg313468 - (view) Author: Alyssa Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-03-08 23:22
The struct.Struct docs claim that creating and re-using a Struct object will be noticeably faster than calling the module level methods repeatedly with the same format string, as it will avoid parsing the format string multiple times: https://docs.python.org/3/library/struct.html#struct.Struct

This claim is questionable, as struct has used an internal Struct cache since at least 2.5, so if you're using less than 100 different struct layouts in any given process, the only thing you'll be saving is a string-keyed dictionary lookup.
msg313470 - (view) Author: Alyssa Coghlan (ncoghlan) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-03-08 23:27
The note on https://docs.python.org/3/library/re.html#re.compile provides a useful precedent for possible wording here, as the struct cache and the regex cache are quite similar.
msg324981 - (view) Author: Gregory P. Smith (gregory.p.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-09-11 04:37
New changeset 3666b3c1f695a145adab1bf644c22e564e8eb0ee by Gregory P. Smith (Zackery Spytz) in branch 'master':
bpo-33032: Mention the implicit cache in struct.Struct() docs (GH-7700)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3666b3c1f695a145adab1bf644c22e564e8eb0ee
msg324983 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2018-09-11 04:50
New changeset 2110f78d92522499836a928d268704fdc5f7a037 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.7':
bpo-33032: Mention the implicit cache in struct.Struct() docs (GH-7700)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2110f78d92522499836a928d268704fdc5f7a037
msg324985 - (view) Author: Gregory P. Smith (gregory.p.smith) * (Python committer) Date: 2018-09-11 04:56
thanks!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:58adminsetgithub: 77213
2018-09-11 04:56:29gregory.p.smithsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
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2018-03-08 23:22:58ncoghlancreate