Issue #2534: speed up isinstance() and issubclass() by 50-70%, so as to

match Python 2.5 speed despite the __instancecheck__ / __subclasscheck__
mechanism. In the process, fix a bug where isinstance() and issubclass(),
when given a tuple of classes as second argument, were looking up
__instancecheck__ / __subclasscheck__ on the tuple rather than on each
type object.

Reviewed by Benjamin Peterson and Raymond Hettinger.

2 files changed, 138 insertions, 89 deletions

diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 8f7083d..ac61011 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -2474,39 +2474,38 @@ abstract_get_bases(PyObject *cls)
 static int
 abstract_issubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
 {
-	PyObject *bases;
+	PyObject *bases = NULL;
 	Py_ssize_t i, n;
 	int r = 0;
 
-
-	if (derived == cls)
-		return 1;
-
-	if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
-		/* Not a general sequence -- that opens up the road to
-		   recursion and stack overflow. */
-		n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(cls);
+	while (1) {
+		if (derived == cls)
+			return 1;
+		bases = abstract_get_bases(derived);
+		if (bases == NULL) {
+			if (PyErr_Occurred())
+				return -1;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(bases);
+		if (n == 0) {
+			Py_DECREF(bases);
+			return 0;
+		}
+		/* Avoid recursivity in the single inheritance case */
+		if (n == 1) {
+			derived = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(bases, 0);
+			Py_DECREF(bases);
+			continue;
+		}
 		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			if (derived == PyTuple_GET_ITEM(cls, i))
-				return 1;
+			r = abstract_issubclass(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(bases, i), cls);
+			if (r != 0)
+				break;
 		}
+		Py_DECREF(bases);
+		return r;
 	}
-	bases = abstract_get_bases(derived);
-	if (bases == NULL) {
-		if (PyErr_Occurred())
-			return -1;
-		return 0;
-	}
-	n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(bases);
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-		r = abstract_issubclass(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(bases, i), cls);
-		if (r != 0)
-			break;
-	}
-
-	Py_DECREF(bases);
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2524,7 +2523,7 @@ check_class(PyObject *cls, const char *error)
 }
 
 static int
-recursive_isinstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls, int recursion_depth)
+recursive_isinstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
 {
 	PyObject *icls;
 	static PyObject *__class__ = NULL;
@@ -2553,25 +2552,6 @@ recursive_isinstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls, int recursion_depth)
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	else if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
-		Py_ssize_t i, n;
-
-		if (!recursion_depth) {
-		    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-				    "nest level of tuple too deep");
-		    return -1;
-		}
-
-		n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(cls);
-		for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-			retval = recursive_isinstance(
-				    inst,
-				    PyTuple_GET_ITEM(cls, i),
-				    recursion_depth-1);
-			if (retval != 0)
-				break;
-		}
-	}
 	else {
 		if (!check_class(cls,
 			"isinstance() arg 2 must be a class, type,"
@@ -2601,6 +2581,24 @@ PyObject_IsInstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
 	if (Py_TYPE(inst) == (PyTypeObject *)cls)
 		return 1;
 
+	if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
+		Py_ssize_t i;
+		Py_ssize_t n;
+		int r = 0;
+
+		if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in __instancecheck__"))
+			return -1;
+		n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(cls);
+		for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+			PyObject *item = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(cls, i);
+			r = PyObject_IsInstance(inst, item);
+			if (r != 0)
+				/* either found it, or got an error */
+				break;
+		}
+		Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
+		return r;
+	}
 	if (name == NULL) {
 		name = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__instancecheck__");
 		if (name == NULL)
@@ -2625,51 +2623,25 @@ PyObject_IsInstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
 		}
 		return ok;
 	}
-	return recursive_isinstance(inst, cls, Py_GetRecursionLimit());
+	return recursive_isinstance(inst, cls);
 }
 
 static	int
-recursive_issubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls, int recursion_depth)
+recursive_issubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
 {
-	int retval;
-
-	{
-		if (!check_class(derived,
-				 "issubclass() arg 1 must be a class"))
-			return -1;
-
-		if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
-			Py_ssize_t i;
-			Py_ssize_t n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(cls);
-
-			if (!recursion_depth) {
-			    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
-					    "nest level of tuple too deep");
-			    return -1;
-			}
-			for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-				retval = recursive_issubclass(
-					    derived,
-					    PyTuple_GET_ITEM(cls, i),
-					    recursion_depth-1);
-				if (retval != 0) {
-					/* either found it, or got an error */
-					return retval;
-				}
-			}
-			return 0;
-		}
-		else {
-			if (!check_class(cls,
-					"issubclass() arg 2 must be a class"
-					" or tuple of classes"))
-				return -1;
-		}
-
-		retval = abstract_issubclass(derived, cls);
+	if (PyType_Check(cls) && PyType_Check(derived)) {
+		/* Fast path (non-recursive) */
+		return PyType_IsSubtype((PyTypeObject *)derived, (PyTypeObject *)cls);
 	}
+	if (!check_class(derived,
+			 "issubclass() arg 1 must be a class"))
+		return -1;
+	if (!check_class(cls,
+			"issubclass() arg 2 must be a class"
+			" or tuple of classes"))
+		return -1;
 
-	return retval;
+	return abstract_issubclass(derived, cls);
 }
 
 int
@@ -2678,20 +2650,40 @@ PyObject_IsSubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
 	static PyObject *name = NULL;
 	PyObject *t, *v, *tb;
 	PyObject *checker;
-	PyErr_Fetch(&t, &v, &tb);
 	
+	if (PyTuple_Check(cls)) {
+		Py_ssize_t i;
+		Py_ssize_t n;
+		int r = 0;
+
+		if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in __subclasscheck__"))
+			return -1;
+		n = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(cls);
+		for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+			PyObject *item = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(cls, i);
+			r = PyObject_IsSubclass(derived, item);
+			if (r != 0)
+				/* either found it, or got an error */
+				break;
+		}
+		Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
+		return r;
+	}
 	if (name == NULL) {
 		name = PyUnicode_InternFromString("__subclasscheck__");
 		if (name == NULL)
 			return -1;
 	}
+	PyErr_Fetch(&t, &v, &tb);
 	checker = PyObject_GetAttr(cls, name);
 	PyErr_Restore(t, v, tb);
 	if (checker != NULL) {
 		PyObject *res;
 		int ok = -1;
-		if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in __subclasscheck__"))
+		if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in __subclasscheck__")) {
+			Py_DECREF(checker);
 			return ok;
+		}
 		res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(checker, derived, NULL);
 		Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
 		Py_DECREF(checker);
@@ -2701,7 +2693,19 @@ PyObject_IsSubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
 		}
 		return ok;
 	}
-	return recursive_issubclass(derived, cls, Py_GetRecursionLimit());
+	return recursive_issubclass(derived, cls);
+}
+
+int
+_PyObject_RealIsInstance(PyObject *inst, PyObject *cls)
+{
+	return recursive_isinstance(inst, cls);
+}
+
+int
+_PyObject_RealIsSubclass(PyObject *derived, PyObject *cls)
+{
+	return recursive_issubclass(derived, cls);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 616164e..8f1b389 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -584,6 +584,49 @@ type_get_doc(PyTypeObject *type, void *context)
 	return result;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+type___instancecheck__(PyObject *type, PyObject *inst)
+{
+	switch (_PyObject_RealIsInstance(inst, type)) {
+	case -1:
+		return NULL;
+	case 0:
+		Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	default:
+		Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+	}
+}
+
+
+static PyObject *
+type_get_instancecheck(PyObject *type, void *context)
+{
+	static PyMethodDef ml = {"__instancecheck__",
+				 type___instancecheck__, METH_O };
+	return PyCFunction_New(&ml, type);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+type___subclasscheck__(PyObject *type, PyObject *inst)
+{
+	switch (_PyObject_RealIsSubclass(inst, type)) {
+	case -1:
+		return NULL;
+	case 0:
+		Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+	default:
+		Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+	}
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+type_get_subclasscheck(PyObject *type, void *context)
+{
+	static PyMethodDef ml = {"__subclasscheck__",
+				 type___subclasscheck__, METH_O };
+	return PyCFunction_New(&ml, type);
+}
+
 static PyGetSetDef type_getsets[] = {
 	{"__name__", (getter)type_name, (setter)type_set_name, NULL},
 	{"__bases__", (getter)type_get_bases, (setter)type_set_bases, NULL},
@@ -592,6 +635,8 @@ static PyGetSetDef type_getsets[] = {
 	 (setter)type_set_abstractmethods, NULL},
 	{"__dict__",  (getter)type_dict,  NULL, NULL},
 	{"__doc__", (getter)type_get_doc, NULL, NULL},
+	{"__instancecheck__", (getter)type_get_instancecheck, NULL, NULL},
+	{"__subclasscheck__", (getter)type_get_subclasscheck, NULL, NULL},
 	{0}
 };