Try to measure new style caching in the ORM, take two

Supercedes: If78fbb557c6f2cae637799c3fec2cbc5ac248aaf

Trying to see if by making the cache key memoized, we
still can have the older "identity" form of caching
which is the cheapest of all, at the same time as the
newer "cache key each time" version that is not nearly
as cheap; but still much cheaper than no caching at all.

Also needed is a per-execution update of _keymap when
we invoke from a cached select, so that Column objects
that are anonymous or otherwise adapted will match up.
this is analogous to the adaption of bound parameters
from the cache key.

Adds test coverage for the keymap / construct_params()
 changes related to caching.  Also hones performance
to a large extent for statement construction and
cache key generation.

Also includes a new memoized attribute
approach that vastly simplifies the previous approach
of "group_expirable_memoized_property" and finally
integrates cleanly with _clone(), _generate(), etc.
no more hardcoding of attributes is needed, as well
as that most _reset_memoization() calls are no longer
needed as the reset is inherent in a _generate() call;
this also has dramatic performance improvements.

Change-Id: I95c560ffcbfa30b26644999412fb6a385125f663

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/visitors.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/visitors.py
index 4c1aab62f..5504bf3d8 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/visitors.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/sql/visitors.py
@@ -331,6 +331,17 @@ class InternalTraversal(util.with_metaclass(_InternalTraversalType, object)):
 
     """
 
+    dp_annotations_key = symbol("AK")
+    """Visit the _annotations_cache_key element.
+
+    This is a dictionary of additional information about a ClauseElement
+    that modifies its role.  It should be included when comparing or caching
+    objects, however generating this key is relatively expensive.   Visitors
+    should check the "_annotations" dict for non-None first before creating
+    this key.
+
+    """
+
     dp_plain_obj = symbol("PO")
     """Visit a plain python object.