SRE vs PRE: speed

Oleg Broytmann phd at phd.fep.ru
Thu Jul 5 09:22:28 EDT 2001


Hello!

   My company doen't want to switch from python 1.5.2 to 2.0+ - our CTO is
very disappointed with SRE speed. SRE is 3-4 times lsower. Any plans to
make it faster?

   The following program

---------- test_re.py ----------
import pre, sre, profile, types

I_NUM = 1000 # number of iterations

pre_comp_sub_pat = pre.compile('/')
sre_comp_sub_pat = sre.compile('/')

def Iterate(func):
    assert type(func) == types.FunctionType
    for i in range(0, I_NUM):
        func()

def pre_sub():
    pre.sub('/','.','/burja/mgloju/nebo/kroet')

def sre_sub():
    sre.sub('/','.','/burja/mgloju/nebo/kroet')

def pre_comp_sub():
    pre_comp_sub_pat.sub('.','/burja/mgloju/nebo/kroet')

def sre_comp_sub():
    sre_comp_sub_pat.sub('.','/burja/mgloju/nebo/kroet')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    profile.run('Iterate(pre_sub)')
    profile.run('Iterate(sre_sub)')
    profile.run('Iterate(pre_comp_sub)')
    profile.run('Iterate(sre_comp_sub)')
---------- /test_re.py ----------

produces the following results:

---------- test_re.log ----------
         6005 function calls in 0.773 CPU seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.758    0.758 <string>:1(?)
     1000    0.023    0.000    0.031    0.000 pre.py:114(_cachecompile)
     1000    0.109    0.000    0.641    0.001 pre.py:153(sub)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.008    0.008 pre.py:234(compile)
        1    0.008    0.008    0.008    0.008 pre.py:264(__init__)
     1000    0.078    0.000    0.500    0.001 pre.py:331(sub)
     1000    0.375    0.000    0.422    0.000 pre.py:344(subn)
        1    0.016    0.016    0.773    0.773 profile:0(Iterate(pre_sub))
        0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)
     1000    0.047    0.000    0.047    0.000 string.py:119(join)
     1000    0.078    0.000    0.719    0.001 test_re.py:14(pre_sub)
        1    0.039    0.039    0.758    0.758 test_re.py:9(Iterate)


         26003 function calls in 3.031 CPU seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    3.023    3.023 <string>:1(?)
        1    0.008    0.008    3.031    3.031 profile:0(Iterate(sre_sub))
        0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)
     1000    0.094    0.000    2.656    0.003 sre.py:113(_sub)
     1000    0.609    0.001    2.563    0.003 sre.py:117(_subn)
     4000    0.445    0.000    1.164    0.000 sre.py:123(filter)
     1000    0.164    0.000    2.867    0.003 sre.py:49(sub)
     1000    0.055    0.000    0.125    0.000 sre.py:87(_join)
     1000    0.047    0.000    0.047    0.000 sre.py:91(_compile)
     1000    0.055    0.000    0.133    0.000 sre_parse.py:161(__init__)
     3000    0.180    0.000    0.180    0.000 sre_parse.py:165(__next)
     2000    0.219    0.000    0.320    0.000 sre_parse.py:184(get)
     1000    0.211    0.000    0.664    0.001 sre_parse.py:603(parse_template)
     4000    0.516    0.000    0.719    0.000 sre_parse.py:664(expand_template)
     5000    0.273    0.000    0.273    0.000 string.py:119(join)
     1000    0.094    0.000    2.961    0.003 test_re.py:17(sre_sub)
        1    0.063    0.063    3.023    3.023 test_re.py:9(Iterate)


         4003 function calls in 0.742 CPU seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.742    0.742 <string>:1(?)
     1000    0.109    0.000    0.594    0.001 pre.py:331(sub)
     1000    0.438    0.000    0.484    0.000 pre.py:344(subn)
        1    0.000    0.000    0.742    0.742 profile:0(Iterate(pre_comp_sub))
        0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)
     1000    0.047    0.000    0.047    0.000 string.py:119(join)
     1000    0.117    0.000    0.711    0.001 test_re.py:20(pre_comp_sub)
        1    0.031    0.031    0.742    0.742 test_re.py:9(Iterate)


         24003 function calls in 2.672 CPU seconds

   Ordered by: standard name

   ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
        1    0.000    0.000    2.672    2.672 <string>:1(?)
        1    0.000    0.000    2.672    2.672 profile:0(Iterate(sre_comp_sub))
        0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)
     1000    0.086    0.000    2.492    0.002 sre.py:113(_sub)
     1000    0.586    0.001    2.406    0.002 sre.py:117(_subn)
     4000    0.289    0.000    0.984    0.000 sre.py:123(filter)
     1000    0.094    0.000    0.172    0.000 sre.py:87(_join)
     1000    0.094    0.000    0.172    0.000 sre_parse.py:161(__init__)
     3000    0.141    0.000    0.141    0.000 sre_parse.py:165(__next)
     2000    0.203    0.000    0.266    0.000 sre_parse.py:184(get)
     1000    0.227    0.000    0.664    0.001 sre_parse.py:603(parse_template)
     4000    0.484    0.000    0.695    0.000 sre_parse.py:664(expand_template)
     5000    0.289    0.000    0.289    0.000 string.py:119(join)
     1000    0.125    0.000    2.617    0.003 test_re.py:23(sre_comp_sub)
        1    0.055    0.055    2.672    2.672 test_re.py:9(Iterate)
---------- /test_re.log ----------

Oleg.
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     Oleg Broytmann            http://phd.pp.ru/            phd at phd.pp.ru
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.





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