[erlang-questions] Performance of maps:get()

[Dmitry Belyaev]

As a first step try a compiled version, not a test in a shell. 

On 18 May 2016 1:35:49 PM AEST, Avinash Dhumane <nistrigunya@REDACTED> wrote:
>For my algorithm trading application, gains even in 5 to 10
>microseconds
>matter.
>
>I used maps extensively to improve expressiveness of the design.
>
>But, here is a small observation about maps. I am not sure if the
>performance variation seen is indeed true, or if my test case is wrong.
>In
>either case, please point me to the right way of efficiently using of
>maps.
>
>avinash@REDACTED:~/tws$ erl
>Erlang/OTP 18 [erts-7.3] [source] [64-bit] [smp:2:2] [async-threads:10]
>[hipe] [kernel-poll:false]
>
>Eshell V7.3  (abort with ^G)
>
>%%% compute average of timer:tc() return values (timings)
>
>1> Avg = fun(PerfList) -> Sum = lists:sum(lists:map(fun({Time, _}) ->
>Time
>end, PerfList)), Len = erlang:length(PerfList), Sum div Len  end.
>#Fun<erl_eval.6.50752066>
>
>%%% a test map of size 3
>
>2> Map = #{{a, 1} => 100, {a, 2} => 200, {a, 3} => 300}.
>#{{a,1} => 100,{a,2} => 200,{a,3} => 300}
>
>%%% performance: without maps:get()
>
>3> PerfList1 = lists:map(fun(_) -> timer:tc(fun() -> K1 = {a, 1}, K2 =
>{a,
>2}, K3 = {a, 3}, #{K1 := V1, K2 := V2, K3 := V3} = Map, {V1, V2, V3}
>end)
>end, lists:seq(1,100)).
>[{111,{100,200,300}},
> {81,{100,200,300}},
> {88,{100,200,300}},
>.....details deleted.....
> {91,{100,200,...}},
> {83,{100,...}},
> {85,{...}},
> {107,...},
> {...}|...]
>
>%%% performance: with maps:get()
>
>4> PerfList2 = lists:map(fun(_) -> timer:tc(fun() -> {maps:get({a,1},
>Map),
>maps:get({a,2}, Map), maps:get({a,3}, Map)} end) end, lists:seq(1,
>100)).
>[{13,{100,200,300}},
> {12,{100,200,300}},
> {33,{100,200,300}},
>.....details deleted.....
> {13,{100,200,...}},
> {12,{100,...}},
> {12,{...}},
> {12,...},
> {...}|...]
>
>%%% compare performance: maps:get() is 7-times faster
>
>5> {Avg(PerfList1), Avg(PerfList2)}.
>{89,13}
>6>
>
>
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Best wishes, 
Dmitry Belyaev
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