#11342: Make getattr faster on parents and elements
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   Reporter:  SimonKing    |          Owner:                        
       Type:  enhancement  |         Status:  needs_review          
   Priority:  major        |      Milestone:  sage-4.7.1            
  Component:  performance  |       Keywords:  getattr parent element
Work_issues:               |       Upstream:  N/A                   
   Reviewer:               |         Author:  Simon King            
     Merged:               |   Dependencies:  #9944                 
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Old description:

> If an attribute of a parent or element can not be found by inspecting the
> method resolution order, `__getattr__` is invoked. It tries to obtain the
> attribute from the parent class or the element class of the category of
> the parent. If it can not be found, the attribute error is raised using a
> Cython function `sage.structure.parent.raise_attribute_error`.
>
> I see several ways to make both `__getattr__` and
> `sage.structure.parent.raise_attribute_error` a lot faster. Details will
> be given in the comments.
>
> Because of one doctest in `sage.categories.primer`, it is needed that the
> category of polynomial rings is properly initialised. Therefore:
>
> Depends on #9944
>
> Apply [attachment:trac11342-AttributeErrorMessage.patch]

New description:

 If an attribute of a parent or element can not be found by inspecting the
 method resolution order, `__getattr__` is invoked. It tries to obtain the
 attribute from the parent class or the element class of the category of
 the parent. If it can not be found, the attribute error is raised using a
 Cython function `sage.structure.parent.raise_attribute_error`.

 I see several ways to make both `__getattr__` and
 `sage.structure.parent.raise_attribute_error` a lot faster. Details will
 be given in the comments.

 Because of one doctest in `sage.categories.primer`, it is needed that the
 category of polynomial rings is properly initialised. Therefore:

 Depends on #9944

 Apply [attachment:trac11342-attribute_error_message.rebased.patch]

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Comment(by SimonKing):

 I had to rebase the patch, since it only applied with fuzz 1 against
 sage-4.7.1.rc1.

 Still needs review.

 Apply trac11342-attribute_error_message.rebased.patch

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