[ruby-core:98936] [Ruby master Feature#16897] General purpose memoizer in Ruby 3 with Ruby 2 performance

Issue #16897 has been updated by sam.saffron (Sam Saffron).


Understood Jeremy, there are always compromises.

```
def bar(a:); end
def foo(*args); bar(*args); end; 
```

There was a deliberate decision made to break `foo(a: 1)` here (by default) which has both its upsides and downsides.

If we keep `foo(a: 1)` working a developer may get confused (despite everything operating 100% correctly):

> Why does `foo(a: 1)` work and `bar(*[{a: 1}])` not work? 

I still think that wider compatibility is better, teaching the developer about this trick for the huge edge case imo is better than the alternative of dropping support for kwarg tracking in `*args`: 

```
h = {a: 1}
h.kwargs! 
bar(*[h])
```

Advantage of long term kwarg tracking is wider compatibility and we can have 1 entity for all the arguments (a single Array).

Disadvantage is that there are "nooks" inside Hash that we need to carry long term and `bar(**h)` works anyway.


I stand by it being a trap, it is hard to explain why you can capture one thing but can not delegate it without hacks and traps. I also admit this is not the biggest issue in the world, but it is strange. I guess the problem is that the solution I am proposing (and that has been proposed before) is also strange, so it we are replacing strange with strange.





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Feature #16897: General purpose memoizer in Ruby 3 with Ruby 2 performance
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16897#change-86311

* Author: sam.saffron (Sam Saffron)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
----------------------------------------
```ruby
require 'benchmark/ips'

module Memoizer
def memoize_26(method_name)
  cache = {}

  uncached = "#{method_name}_without_cache"
  alias_method uncached, method_name

  define_method(method_name) do |*arguments|
    found = true
    data = cache.fetch(arguments) { found = false }
    unless found
      cache[arguments] = data = public_send(uncached, *arguments)
    end
    data
  end
end

  def memoize_27(method_name)
    cache = {}

    uncached = "#{method_name}_without_cache"
    alias_method uncached, method_name

    define_method(method_name) do |*args, **kwargs|
      found = true
      all_args = [args, kwargs]
      data = cache.fetch(all_args) { found = false }
      unless found
        cache[all_args] = data = public_send(uncached, *args, **kwargs)
      end
      data
    end
  end

  def memoize_27_v2(method_name)
    uncached = "#{method_name}_without_cache"
    alias_method uncached, method_name

    cache = "MEMOIZE_#{method_name}"

    params = instance_method(method_name).parameters
    has_kwargs = params.any? {|t, name| "#{t}".start_with? "key"}
    has_args = params.any? {|t, name| !"#{t}".start_with? "key"}

    args = []

    args << "args" if has_args
    args << "kwargs" if has_kwargs

    args_text = args.map do |n|
      n == "args" ? "*args" : "**kwargs"
    end.join(",")

    class_eval <<~RUBY
      #{cache} = {}
      def #{method_name}(#{args_text})
        found = true
        all_args = #{args.length === 2 ? "[args, kwargs]" : args[0]}
        data = #{cache}.fetch(all_args) { found = false }
        unless found
          #{cache}[all_args] = data = public_send(:#{uncached} #{args.empty? ? "" : ", #{args_text}"})
        end
        data
      end
    RUBY

  end

end

module Methods
  def args_only(a, b)
    sleep 0.1
    "#{a} #{b}"
  end

  def kwargs_only(a:, b: nil)
    sleep 0.1
    "#{a} #{b}"
  end

  def args_and_kwargs(a, b:)
    sleep 0.1
    "#{a} #{b}"
  end
end

class OldMethod
  extend Memoizer
  include Methods

  memoize_26 :args_and_kwargs
  memoize_26 :args_only
  memoize_26 :kwargs_only
end

class NewMethod
  extend Memoizer
  include Methods

  memoize_27 :args_and_kwargs
  memoize_27 :args_only
  memoize_27 :kwargs_only
end

class OptimizedMethod
  extend Memoizer
  include Methods

  memoize_27_v2 :args_and_kwargs
  memoize_27_v2 :args_only
  memoize_27_v2 :kwargs_only
end

OptimizedMethod.new.args_only(1,2)


methods = [
  OldMethod.new,
  NewMethod.new,
  OptimizedMethod.new
]

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.warmup = 1
  x.time = 2

  methods.each do |m|
    x.report("#{m.class} args only") do |times|
      while times > 0
        m.args_only(10, b: 10)
        times -= 1
      end
    end

    x.report("#{m.class} kwargs only") do |times|
      while times > 0
        m.kwargs_only(a: 10, b: 10)
        times -= 1
      end
    end

    x.report("#{m.class} args and kwargs") do |times|
      while times > 0
        m.args_and_kwargs(10, b: 10)
        times -= 1
      end
    end
  end

  x.compare!
end


# # Ruby 2.6.5
# #
# OptimizedMethod args only:   974266.9 i/s
#  OldMethod args only:   949344.9 i/s - 1.03x  slower
# OldMethod args and kwargs:   945951.5 i/s - 1.03x  slower
# OptimizedMethod kwargs only:   939160.2 i/s - 1.04x  slower
# OldMethod kwargs only:   868229.3 i/s - 1.12x  slower
# OptimizedMethod args and kwargs:   751797.0 i/s - 1.30x  slower
#  NewMethod args only:   730594.4 i/s - 1.33x  slower
# NewMethod args and kwargs:   727300.5 i/s - 1.34x  slower
# NewMethod kwargs only:   665003.8 i/s - 1.47x  slower
#
# #
# # Ruby 2.7.1
#
# OptimizedMethod kwargs only:  1021707.6 i/s
# OptimizedMethod args only:   955694.6 i/s - 1.07x  (0.00) slower
# OldMethod args and kwargs:   940911.3 i/s - 1.09x  (ア 0.00) slower
#  OldMethod args only:   930446.1 i/s - 1.10x  (ア 0.00) slower
# OldMethod kwargs only:   858238.5 i/s - 1.19x  (ア 0.00) slower
# OptimizedMethod args and kwargs:   773773.5 i/s - 1.32x  (ア 0.00) slower
# NewMethod args and kwargs:   772653.3 i/s - 1.32x  (ア 0.00) slower
#  NewMethod args only:   771253.2 i/s - 1.32x  (ア 0.00) slower
# NewMethod kwargs only:   700604.1 i/s - 1.46x  (ア 0.00) slower
```

The bottom line is that a generic delegator often needs to make use of all the arguments provided to a method.

```ruby
def count(*args, **kwargs)
  counter[[args, kwargs]] += 1
  orig_count(*args, **kwargs)
end
```

The old pattern meant we could get away with one less array allocation per:

```ruby
def count(*args)
  counter[args] += 1
  orig_count(*args, **kwargs)
end
```

I would like to propose some changes to Ruby 3 to allow to recover this performance. 

Perhaps:

```ruby
def count(...)
  args = ...
  counter[args] += 1
  orig_count(...)
end
```

Or:

```ruby
def count(***args)

  counter[args] += 1
  orig_count(***args)
end
```

Thoughts? 



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