""" ======================== How to use joblib.Memory ======================== This example illustrates the usage of :class:`joblib.Memory` with both functions and methods. """ ############################################################################### # Without :class:`joblib.Memory` ############################################################################### # # ``costly_compute`` emulates a computationally expensive process which later # will benefit from caching using :class:`joblib.Memory`. import time import numpy as np def costly_compute(data, column_index=0): """Simulate an expensive computation""" time.sleep(5) return data[column_index] ############################################################################### # Be sure to set the random seed to generate deterministic data. Indeed, if the # data is not deterministic, the :class:`joblib.Memory` instance will not be # able to reuse the cache from one run to another. rng = np.random.RandomState(42) data = rng.randn(int(1e5), 10) start = time.time() data_trans = costly_compute(data) end = time.time() print('\nThe function took {:.2f} s to compute.'.format(end - start)) print('\nThe transformed data are:\n {}'.format(data_trans)) ############################################################################### # Caching the result of a function to avoid recomputing ############################################################################### # # If we need to call our function several time with the same input data, it is # beneficial to avoid recomputing the same results over and over since it is # expensive. :class:`joblib.Memory` enables to cache results from a function # into a specific location. from joblib import Memory location = './cachedir' memory = Memory(location, verbose=0) def costly_compute_cached(data, column_index=0): """Simulate an expensive computation""" time.sleep(5) return data[column_index] costly_compute_cached = memory.cache(costly_compute_cached) start = time.time() data_trans = costly_compute_cached(data) end = time.time() print('\nThe function took {:.2f} s to compute.'.format(end - start)) print('\nThe transformed data are:\n {}'.format(data_trans)) ############################################################################### # At the first call, the results will be cached. Therefore, the computation # time corresponds to the time to compute the results plus the time to dump the # results into the disk. start = time.time() data_trans = costly_compute_cached(data) end = time.time() print('\nThe function took {:.2f} s to compute.'.format(end - start)) print('\nThe transformed data are:\n {}'.format(data_trans)) ############################################################################### # At the second call, the computation time is largely reduced since the results # are obtained by loading the data previously dumped to the disk instead of # recomputing the results. ############################################################################### # Using :class:`joblib.Memory` with a method ############################################################################### # # :class:`joblib.Memory` is designed to work with functions with no side # effects. When dealing with class, the computationally expensive part of a # method has to be moved to a function and decorated in the class method. def _costly_compute_cached(data, column): time.sleep(5) return data[column] class Algorithm(object): """A class which is using the previous function.""" def __init__(self, column=0): self.column = column def transform(self, data): costly_compute = memory.cache(_costly_compute_cached) return costly_compute(data, self.column) transformer = Algorithm() start = time.time() data_trans = transformer.transform(data) end = time.time() print('\nThe function took {:.2f} s to compute.'.format(end - start)) print('\nThe transformed data are:\n {}'.format(data_trans)) ############################################################################### start = time.time() data_trans = transformer.transform(data) end = time.time() print('\nThe function took {:.2f} s to compute.'.format(end - start)) print('\nThe transformed data are:\n {}'.format(data_trans)) ############################################################################### # As expected, the second call to the ``transform`` method load the results # which have been cached. ############################################################################### # Clean up cache directory ############################################################################### memory.clear(warn=False)