bpo-31333: Re-implement ABCMeta in C (#5273)

This adds C versions of methods used by ABCMeta that
improve performance of various ABC operations.

Author: ilevkivskyi

Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst

@@ -853,6 +853,12 @@ Optimizations
 * Constant folding is moved from peephole optimizer to new AST optimizer.
   (Contributed by Eugene Toder and INADA Naoki in :issue:`29469`)
 
+* Most functions and methods in :mod:`abc` have been rewrittent in C.
+  This makes creation of abstract base classes, and calling :func:`isinstance`
+  and :func:`issubclass` on them 1.5x faster.  This also reduces Python
+  start-up time by up to 10%. (Contributed by Ivan Levkivskyi and INADA Naoki
+  in :issue:`31333`)
+
 Build and C API Changes
 =======================
 

Lib/_py_abc.py

@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+from _weakrefset import WeakSet
+
+
+def get_cache_token():
+    """Returns the current ABC cache token.
+
+    The token is an opaque object (supporting equality testing) identifying the
+    current version of the ABC cache for virtual subclasses. The token changes
+    with every call to ``register()`` on any ABC.
+    """
+    return ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
+
+
+class ABCMeta(type):
+    """Metaclass for defining Abstract Base Classes (ABCs).
+
+    Use this metaclass to create an ABC.  An ABC can be subclassed
+    directly, and then acts as a mix-in class.  You can also register
+    unrelated concrete classes (even built-in classes) and unrelated
+    ABCs as 'virtual subclasses' -- these and their descendants will
+    be considered subclasses of the registering ABC by the built-in
+    issubclass() function, but the registering ABC won't show up in
+    their MRO (Method Resolution Order) nor will method
+    implementations defined by the registering ABC be callable (not
+    even via super()).
+    """
+
+    # A global counter that is incremented each time a class is
+    # registered as a virtual subclass of anything.  It forces the
+    # negative cache to be cleared before its next use.
+    # Note: this counter is private. Use `abc.get_cache_token()` for
+    #       external code.
+    _abc_invalidation_counter = 0
+
+    def __new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace, **kwargs):
+        cls = super().__new__(mcls, name, bases, namespace, **kwargs)
+        # Compute set of abstract method names
+        abstracts = {name
+                     for name, value in namespace.items()
+                     if getattr(value, "__isabstractmethod__", False)}
+        for base in bases:
+            for name in getattr(base, "__abstractmethods__", set()):
+                value = getattr(cls, name, None)
+                if getattr(value, "__isabstractmethod__", False):
+                    abstracts.add(name)
+        cls.__abstractmethods__ = frozenset(abstracts)
+        # Set up inheritance registry
+        cls._abc_registry = WeakSet()
+        cls._abc_cache = WeakSet()
+        cls._abc_negative_cache = WeakSet()
+        cls._abc_negative_cache_version = ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
+        return cls
+
+    def register(cls, subclass):
+        """Register a virtual subclass of an ABC.
+
+        Returns the subclass, to allow usage as a class decorator.
+        """
+        if not isinstance(subclass, type):
+            raise TypeError("Can only register classes")
+        if issubclass(subclass, cls):
+            return subclass  # Already a subclass
+        # Subtle: test for cycles *after* testing for "already a subclass";
+        # this means we allow X.register(X) and interpret it as a no-op.
+        if issubclass(cls, subclass):
+            # This would create a cycle, which is bad for the algorithm below
+            raise RuntimeError("Refusing to create an inheritance cycle")
+        cls._abc_registry.add(subclass)
+        ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter += 1  # Invalidate negative cache
+        return subclass
+
+    def _dump_registry(cls, file=None):
+        """Debug helper to print the ABC registry."""
+        print(f"Class: {cls.__module__}.{cls.__qualname__}", file=file)
+        print(f"Inv. counter: {get_cache_token()}", file=file)
+        for name in cls.__dict__:
+            if name.startswith("_abc_"):
+                value = getattr(cls, name)
+                if isinstance(value, WeakSet):
+                    value = set(value)
+                print(f"{name}: {value!r}", file=file)
+
+    def _abc_registry_clear(cls):
+        """Clear the registry (for debugging or testing)."""
+        cls._abc_registry.clear()
+
+    def _abc_caches_clear(cls):
+        """Clear the caches (for debugging or testing)."""
+        cls._abc_cache.clear()
+        cls._abc_negative_cache.clear()
+
+    def __instancecheck__(cls, instance):
+        """Override for isinstance(instance, cls)."""
+        # Inline the cache checking
+        subclass = instance.__class__
+        if subclass in cls._abc_cache:
+            return True
+        subtype = type(instance)
+        if subtype is subclass:
+            if (cls._abc_negative_cache_version ==
+                ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter and
+                subclass in cls._abc_negative_cache):
+                return False
+            # Fall back to the subclass check.
+            return cls.__subclasscheck__(subclass)
+        return any(cls.__subclasscheck__(c) for c in (subclass, subtype))
+
+    def __subclasscheck__(cls, subclass):
+        """Override for issubclass(subclass, cls)."""
+        # Check cache
+        if subclass in cls._abc_cache:
+            return True
+        # Check negative cache; may have to invalidate
+        if cls._abc_negative_cache_version < ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter:
+            # Invalidate the negative cache
+            cls._abc_negative_cache = WeakSet()
+            cls._abc_negative_cache_version = ABCMeta._abc_invalidation_counter
+        elif subclass in cls._abc_negative_cache:
+            return False
+        # Check the subclass hook
+        ok = cls.__subclasshook__(subclass)
+        if ok is not NotImplemented:
+            assert isinstance(ok, bool)
+            if ok:
+                cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
+            else:
+                cls._abc_negative_cache.add(subclass)
+            return ok
+        # Check if it's a direct subclass
+        if cls in getattr(subclass, '__mro__', ()):
+            cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
+            return True
+        # Check if it's a subclass of a registered class (recursive)
+        for rcls in cls._abc_registry:
+            if issubclass(subclass, rcls):
+                cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
+                return True
+        # Check if it's a subclass of a subclass (recursive)
+        for scls in cls.__subclasses__():
+            if issubclass(subclass, scls):
+                cls._abc_cache.add(subclass)
+                return True
+        # No dice; update negative cache
+        cls._abc_negative_cache.add(subclass)
+        return False