Drastic performance improvements for reads (#249)

.gitignore

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ coverage.xml
 .ipynb_checkpoints
 .vscode
 *.ipynb
+.idea
 
 # Wercker directories
 _builds

nptdms/tdms_segment.py

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class TdmsSegment(object):
         'final_chunk_lengths_override',
         'object_index',
         'segment_incomplete',
+        'has_daqmx_objects_cached',
+        'chunk_size_cached',
+        'data_objects_cached',
     ]
 
     def __init__(self, position, toc_mask, next_segment_pos, data_position, segment_incomplete):
@@ -57,6 +60,9 @@ def __init__(self, position, toc_mask, next_segment_pos, data_position, segment_
         self.ordered_objects = None
         self.object_index = None
         self.segment_incomplete = segment_incomplete
+        self.has_daqmx_objects_cached = None
+        self.chunk_size_cached = None
+        self.data_objects_cached = None
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return "<TdmsSegment at position %d>" % self.position
@@ -135,6 +141,7 @@ def read_segment_objects(self, file, previous_segment_objects, index_cache, prev
 
         if index_cache is not None:
             self.object_index = index_cache.get_index(self.ordered_objects)
+
         self._calculate_chunks()
         return properties
 
@@ -261,18 +268,18 @@ def read_raw_data_for_channel(self, f, channel_path, chunk_offset=0, num_chunks=
 
         f.seek(self.data_position)
 
-        data_objects = [o for o in self.ordered_objects if o.has_data]
         chunk_size = self._get_chunk_size()
 
         # Ensure we're working with Python ints as np.int32 values could overflow
         # (https://github.com/adamreeve/npTDMS/issues/338)
-        chunk_size = int(chunk_size)
         chunk_offset = int(chunk_offset)
 
         if chunk_offset > 0:
             f.seek(chunk_size * chunk_offset, os.SEEK_CUR)
         stop_chunk = self.num_chunks if num_chunks is None else num_chunks + chunk_offset
-        for chunk in self._read_channel_data_chunks(f, data_objects, channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk):
+        for chunk in self._read_channel_data_chunks(
+                f, self._get_data_objects(), channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk, chunk_size
+        ):
             yield chunk
 
     def _calculate_chunks(self):
@@ -351,11 +358,15 @@ def _new_segment_object(self, object_path, raw_data_index_header):
         return TdmsSegmentObject(object_path)
 
     def _get_chunk_size(self):
+        if self.chunk_size_cached is not None:
+            return self.chunk_size_cached
+
         if self._have_daqmx_objects():
-            return get_daqmx_chunk_size(self.ordered_objects)
-        return sum(
-            o.data_size
-            for o in self.ordered_objects if o.has_data)
+            self.chunk_size_cached = int(get_daqmx_chunk_size(self.ordered_objects))
+            return self.chunk_size_cached
+
+        self.chunk_size_cached = int(sum(o.data_size for o in self.ordered_objects if o.has_data))
+        return self.chunk_size_cached
 
     def _read_data_chunks(self, file, data_objects, num_chunks):
         """ Read multiple data chunks at once
@@ -365,13 +376,17 @@ def _read_data_chunks(self, file, data_objects, num_chunks):
         for chunk in reader.read_data_chunks(file, data_objects, num_chunks):
             yield chunk
 
-    def _read_channel_data_chunks(self, file, data_objects, channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk):
+    def _read_channel_data_chunks(self, file, data_objects, channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk, chunk_size):
         """ Read multiple data chunks for a single channel at once
             In the base case we read each chunk individually but subclasses can override this
         """
         reader = self._get_data_reader()
-        for chunk in reader.read_channel_data_chunks(file, data_objects, channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk):
+        initial_position = file.tell()
+        for i, chunk in enumerate(reader.read_channel_data_chunks(
+                file, data_objects, channel_path, chunk_offset, stop_chunk
+        )):
             yield chunk
+            file.seek(initial_position + (i + 1) * chunk_size)
 
     def _get_data_reader(self):
         endianness = '>' if (self.toc_mask & toc_properties['kTocBigEndian']) else '<'
@@ -383,6 +398,9 @@ def _get_data_reader(self):
             return ContiguousDataReader(self.num_chunks, self.final_chunk_lengths_override, endianness)
 
     def _have_daqmx_objects(self):
+        if self.has_daqmx_objects_cached is not None:
+            return self.has_daqmx_objects_cached
+
         data_obj_count = 0
         daqmx_count = 0
         for o in self.ordered_objects:
@@ -391,12 +409,12 @@ def _have_daqmx_objects(self):
                 if isinstance(o, DaqmxSegmentObject):
                     daqmx_count += 1
         if daqmx_count == 0:
-            return False
-        if daqmx_count == data_obj_count:
-            return True
-        if daqmx_count > 0:
+            self.has_daqmx_objects_cached = False
+        elif daqmx_count == data_obj_count:
+            self.has_daqmx_objects_cached = True
+        elif daqmx_count > 0:
             raise Exception("Cannot read mixed DAQmx and non-DAQmx data")
-        return False
+        return self.has_daqmx_objects_cached
 
     def _have_interleaved_data(self):
         """ Whether data in this segment is interleaved. Assumes data is not DAQmx.
@@ -420,6 +438,13 @@ def _have_interleaved_data(self):
         else:
             raise ValueError("Cannot read interleaved segment containing channels with unsized types")
 
+    def _get_data_objects(self):
+        if self.data_objects_cached is not None:
+            return self.data_objects_cached
+
+        self.data_objects_cached = [o for o in self.ordered_objects if o.has_data]
+        return self.data_objects_cached
+
 
 class InterleavedDataReader(BaseDataReader):
     """ Reads data in a TDMS segment with interleaved data
@@ -492,24 +517,27 @@ def _read_channel_data_chunk(self, file, data_objects, chunk_index, channel_path
         """ Read data from a chunk for a single channel
         """
         channel_data = RawChannelDataChunk.empty()
+        current_position = file.tell()
         for obj in data_objects:
             number_values = self._get_channel_number_values(obj, chunk_index)
             if obj.path == channel_path:
+                file.seek(current_position)
                 channel_data = RawChannelDataChunk.channel_data(obj.read_values(file, number_values, self.endianness))
+                current_position = file.tell()
+                break
             elif number_values == obj.number_values:
                 # Seek over data for other channel data
-                file.seek(obj.data_size, os.SEEK_CUR)
-            else:
+                current_position += obj.data_size
+            elif obj.data_type.size is not None:
                 # In last chunk with reduced chunk size
-                if obj.data_type.size is None:
-                    # Type is unsized (eg. string), try reading number of values
-                    obj.read_values(file, number_values, self.endianness)
-                else:
-                    file.seek(obj.data_type.size * number_values, os.SEEK_CUR)
+                current_position += obj.data_type.size * number_values
+            else:
+                raise Exception("Cannot skip over channel with unsized type in a truncated segment")
+
         return channel_data
 
     def _get_channel_number_values(self, obj, chunk_index):
-        if chunk_index == (self.num_chunks - 1) and self.final_chunk_lengths_override is not None:
+        if self.final_chunk_lengths_override is not None and chunk_index == (self.num_chunks - 1):
             return self.final_chunk_lengths_override.get(obj.path, 0)
         else:
             return obj.number_values