JuliaLang / JuliaLang/Distributed.jl

Slow load time

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Description

Just flagging a relatively high load time among my package's imports:

julia> @time_imports using Distributed
      2.3 ms  Serialization
               ┌ 0.0 ms Distributed.__init__()
     70.9 ms  Distributed 87.91% compilation time

julia> versioninfo()
Julia Version 1.11.6
Commit 9615af0f269 (2025-07-09 12:58 UTC)
Build Info:
  Official https://julialang.org/ release
Platform Info:
  OS: macOS (arm64-apple-darwin24.0.0)
  CPU: 8 × Apple M1 Pro
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  LLVM: libLLVM-16.0.6 (ORCJIT, apple-m1)
Threads: 6 default, 0 interactive, 3 GC (on 6 virtual cores)
Environment:
  JULIA_NUM_THREADS = auto

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported @time_imports using Distributed result on Julia 1.11.6 and inspect the accompanying versioninfo() details. The issue names no files or tests, so first locate the Distributed import and initialization paths; done means identifying the source of the load time and reducing it with a regression check.

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Assessment

Tech stack
julia
Domain
distributed-systems, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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