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A JIT compiler wrapper for CPython

Project description

Pyjion, a JIT extension for CPython that compiles your Python code into native CIL and executes it using the .NET 5 CLR.

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Installing

$ pip install pyjion

Compiling from source

Prerequisites:

  • CPython 3.9.0
  • CMake 3.2 +
  • .NET 5
 $ git clone git@github.com:tonybaloney/pyjion --recurse-submodules
 $ cd pyjion
 $ python -m pip install .

Using Pyjion

To get started, you need to have .NET 5 installed, with Python 3.9 and the Pyjion package (I also recommend using a virtual environment).

After importing pyjion, enable it by calling pyjion.enable() which sets a compilation threshold to 0 (the code only needs to be run once to be compiled by the JIT):

>>> import pyjion
>>> pyjion.enable()

Any Python code you define or import after enabling pyjion will be JIT compiled. You don't need to execute functions in any special API, its completely transparent:

>>> def half(x):
...    return x/2
>>> half(2)
1.0

Pyjion will have compiled the half function into machine code on-the-fly and stored a cached version of that compiled function inside the function object. You can see some basic stats by running pyjion.info(f), where f is the function object:

>>> pyjion.info(half)
{'failed': False, 'compiled': True, 'run_count': 1}

You can see the machine code for the compiled function by disassembling it in the Python REPL. Pyjion has essentially compiled your small Python function into a small, standalone application. Install distorm3 first to disassemble x86-64 assembly and run pyjion.dis.dis_native(f):

>>> import pyjion.dis
>>> pyjion.dis.dis_native(half)
00000000: PUSH RBP
00000001: MOV RBP, RSP
00000004: PUSH R14
00000006: PUSH RBX
00000007: MOV RBX, RSI
0000000a: MOV R14, [RDI+0x40]
0000000e: CALL 0x1b34
00000013: CMP DWORD [RAX+0x30], 0x0
00000017: JZ 0x31
00000019: CMP QWORD [RAX+0x40], 0x0
0000001e: JZ 0x31
00000020: MOV RDI, RAX
00000023: MOV RSI, RBX
00000026: XOR EDX, EDX
00000028: POP RBX
00000029: POP R14
...

The complex logic of converting a portable instruction set into low-level machine instructions is done by .NET's CLR JIT compiler.

All Python code executed after the JIT is enabled will be compiled into native machine code at runtime and cached on disk. For example, to enable the JIT on a simple app.py for a Flask web app:

from src import pyjion
pyjion.enable()

from flask import Flask
app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def hello_world():
    return 'Hello, World!'

app.run()

FAQ

How do you pronounce "Pyjion"?

Like the word "pigeon". @DinoV wanted a name that had something with "Python" -- the "Py" part -- and something with "JIT" -- the "JI" part -- and have it be pronounceable.

How do this compare to ...

PyPy?

PyPy is an implementation of Python with its own JIT. The biggest difference compared to Pyjion is that PyPy doesn't support all C extension modules without modification unless they use CFFI or work with the select subset of CPython's C API that PyPy does support. Pyjion also aims to support many JIT compilers while PyPy only supports their custom JIT compiler.

Pyston?

Pyston is an implementation of Python using LLVM as a JIT compiler. Compared to Pyjion, Pyston has partial CPython C API support but not complete support. Pyston also only supports LLVM as a JIT compiler.

Numba?

Numba is a JIT compiler for "array-oriented and math-heavy Python code". This means that Numba is focused on scientific computing while Pyjion tries to optimize all Python code. Numba also only supports LLVM.

IronPython?

IronPython is an implementation of Python that is implemented using .NET. While IronPython tries to be usable from within .NET, Pyjion does not have a compatibility story with .NET. This also means IronPython cannot use C extension modules while Pyjion can.

Psyco?

Psyco was a module that monkeypatched CPython to add a custom JIT compiler. Pyjion wants to introduce a proper C API for adding a JIT compiler to CPython instead of monkeypatching it. It should be noted the creator of Psyco went on to be one of the co-founders of PyPy.

Unladen Swallow?

Unladen Swallow was an attempt to make LLVM be a JIT compiler for CPython. Unfortunately the project lost funding before finishing their work after having to spend a large amount of time fixing issues in LLVM's JIT compiler (which has greatly improved over the subsequent years).

Nuitka and Shedskin?

Both Nuitka and Shedskin are Python-to-C++ transpilers, which means they translate Python code into equivalent C++ code. Being a JIT, Pyjion is not a transpiler.

Will this ever ship with CPython?

Goal #1 is explicitly to add a C API to CPython to support JIT compilers. There is no expectation, though, to ship a JIT compiler with CPython. This is because CPython compiles with nothing more than a C89 compiler, which allows it to run on many platforms. But adding a JIT compiler to CPython would immediately limit it to only the platforms that the JIT supports.

Does this help with using CPython w/ .NET or UWP?

No.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.

Release notes

0.2.0

  • Added support for profiling compiled functions by enabling profiling (pyjion.enable_profiling())
  • Added support for profiling C function calls, returns and exceptions
  • Implemented a faster call path for functions and methods for 5-10 arguments
  • Fixed a bug where the page size defaulted to 0 in the .NET EE, which caused a failed assertion (and fails to compile the function), would fix a large % of functions that previously failed to compile

0.1.0

  • Added support for debugging compiled functions and modules by enabling tracing (pyjion.enable_tracing())
  • Added support for debugging to catch unhandled/handled exceptions at runtime when tracing is enabled
  • Added support for opcode-level tracing
  • Fixed a bug on executing Pyjion with pydevd (VScode/PyCharm debugger) would cause the Python process to crash because of a doubly-freed code object (#7)

0.0.7

  • Added a WSGI middleware function to enable Pyjion for Flask and Django (#67)
  • Fix a bug on dictionary merging for mapping types incorrectly raising a type error (#66)

0.0.6

  • Implemented supported for disassembling "large" methods into CIL (#27)
  • Added type stubs for the pyjion C extension
  • Fix a bug where merging or updating a subclassed dictionary would fail with a type error. (#28)

0.0.5

  • Fixed a critical bug where method calls with large numbers of arguments, and the argument was a tuple could cause a segmentation fault on GC collection.
  • Tested support for IPython REPL
  • Fixed a bug where importing pyjion.dis after enabling the JIT would cause a stack overflow
  • Has around 50% chance of working and not causing your computer to explode, or worse, segmentation fault

0.0.4

  • Added a stack probe helper for Linux (will use JIT in more scenarios)
  • Enabled support for running unit tests in Linux
  • Fixed a bug where JIT would crash when a method call failed because of a bad-lookup
  • Implemented helper method redirection for Linux to support PIC compiled symbols
  • Has around 35% chance of working and not causing your computer to explode, or worse, segmentation fault
  • Improved discovery of .NET libraries on Linux
  • Fixed a bug where a garble-named log file would be generated (should be JIT timings log)

0.0.3

  • Installable bdist_wheel for Ubuntu, Debian, macOS 10.15, 11 (10.16) and Windows x64
  • Installable manylinux2014 wheel with clrjit.so bundled in
  • Added multithreading/multiprocessing support
  • Fixed a bug where the wheel would be broken if there are two distributions of Python 3.9 on the system
  • Has around 30% chance of working and not causing your computer to explode, or worse, segmentation fault.

0.0.2

  • Installable source distribution support for macOS, Windows and (barely) Linux.

0.0.1

  • It compiles on my machine

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