Re: [PATCH 2/2] Make timestamp search in org-entry-properties more efficient.

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

Great work on these optimizations, Matt, thanks!

I guess this one could be faster still by only searching for
that one keyword is `specific' is set.....

Patch applied.

- Carsten

On Dec 13, 2010, at 4:05 AM, Matt Lundin wrote:

> * lisp/org.el: (org-entry-properties) Stop scanning for timestamps if
> a specific timestamp property (e.g., DEADLINE, SCHEDULED, etc.) is
> requested and a match is found. Also, if a specific timestamp property
> is requested, do not push non-relevant timestamps onto property list.
>
> This change only effects org-entry-properties when a specific
> timestamp is requested with the special flag, as in:
>
> (org-entry-properties nil 'special "SCHEDULED")
>
> Previously, even if only the SCHEDULED timestamp was requested,
> org-entry-properties would parse all the timestamps in an entry. This
> extra parsing could slow down the construction of agenda views,
> especially with entries that contained a large number of log
> items (CLOCK, state changes, etc.). The function org-entry-get,
> however, is only interested in the first occurrence of the item. When
> looking for a specific type of timestamp, org-entry-properties now
> stops searching for timestamps after the match is found, unless the
> property is "CLOCK".
>
> Here are the relevant ELP results:
>
> Before:
>
> org-entry-get	     296         0.4724579999  0.0015961418
> org-entry-properties 31          0.3438769999  0.0110928064
>
> After:
>
> org-entry-get        296         0.1447729999  0.0004890979
> org-entry-properties 31          0.015765      0.0005085483
> ---
> lisp/org.el |   60 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> +--------------------------
> 1 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
> index 82c0b46..c4fe6a0 100644
> --- a/lisp/org.el
> +++ b/lisp/org.el
> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
> -;;; org.el --- Outline-based notes management and organizer
> +';;; org.el --- Outline-based notes management and organizer
> ;; Carstens outline-mode for keeping track of everything.
> ;; Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
> ;;   Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> @@ -13424,32 +13424,38 @@ things up because then unnecessary parsing  
> is avoided."
> 		      (member specific
> 			      '("SCHEDULED" "DEADLINE" "CLOCK" "CLOSED"
> 				"TIMESTAMP" "TIMESTAMP_IA")))
> -	      (while (re-search-forward org-maybe-keyword-time-regexp end t)
> -		(setq key (if (match-end 1)
> -			      (substring (org-match-string-no-properties 1)
> -					 0 -1))
> -		      string (if (equal key clockstr)
> -				 (org-no-properties
> -				  (org-trim
> -				   (buffer-substring
> -				    (match-beginning 3) (goto-char
> -							 (point-at-eol)))))
> -			       (substring (org-match-string-no-properties 3)
> -					  1 -1)))
> -		;; Get the correct property name from the key.  This is
> -		;; necessary if the user has configured time keywords.
> -		(setq key1 (concat key ":"))
> -		(cond
> -		 ((not key)
> -		  (setq key
> -			(if (= (char-after (match-beginning 3)) ?\[)
> -			    "TIMESTAMP_IA" "TIMESTAMP")))
> -		 ((equal key1 org-scheduled-string) (setq key "SCHEDULED"))
> -		 ((equal key1 org-deadline-string)  (setq key "DEADLINE"))
> -		 ((equal key1 org-closed-string)    (setq key "CLOSED"))
> -		 ((equal key1 org-clock-string)     (setq key "CLOCK")))
> -		(when (or (equal key "CLOCK") (not (assoc key props)))
> -		  (push (cons key string) props))))
> +	      (catch 'match
> +		(while (re-search-forward org-maybe-keyword-time-regexp end t)
> +		  (setq key (if (match-end 1)
> +				(substring (org-match-string-no-properties 1)
> +					   0 -1))
> +			string (if (equal key clockstr)
> +				   (org-no-properties
> +				    (org-trim
> +				     (buffer-substring
> +				      (match-beginning 3) (goto-char
> +							   (point-at-eol)))))
> +				 (substring (org-match-string-no-properties 3)
> +					    1 -1)))
> +		  ;; Get the correct property name from the key.  This is
> +		  ;; necessary if the user has configured time keywords.
> +		  (setq key1 (concat key ":"))
> +		  (cond
> +		   ((not key)
> +		    (setq key
> +			  (if (= (char-after (match-beginning 3)) ?\[)
> +			      "TIMESTAMP_IA" "TIMESTAMP")))
> +		   ((equal key1 org-scheduled-string) (setq key "SCHEDULED"))
> +		   ((equal key1 org-deadline-string)  (setq key "DEADLINE"))
> +		   ((equal key1 org-closed-string)    (setq key "CLOSED"))
> +		   ((equal key1 org-clock-string)     (setq key "CLOCK")))
> +		  (if (and specific (equal key specific) (not (equal key "CLOCK")))
> +		      (progn
> +			(push (cons key string) props)
> +			;; no need to search further if match is found
> +			(throw 'match t))
> +		    (when (or (equal key "CLOCK") (not (assoc key props)))
> +		      (push (cons key string) props))))))
> 	    )
>
> 	  (when (memq which '(all standard))
> -- 
> 1.7.3.3
>
>
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- Carsten