PolicyEngine / PolicyEngine/policyengine-core

Investigate performance improvements

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Description

The following snippet takes a while:

from policyengine_us.system import system

@policyengine investigate if there's anything we could change in -core here or policyengine-us to improve this: do NOT just defer time or change functionality.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the import-time delay for from policyengine_us.system import system and inspect the related paths in policyengine-core and policyengine-us. Profile the import and compare possible changes while preserving functionality; done means a measured performance improvement without deferring work or changing behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
performance
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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