perf: load the store once and serve reads from memory

T3-17: every get/set/delete re-read and re-parsed the whole file (get 40 ms,
set 63 ms at 100k keys). the file is now loaded once into memory; reads
return deep copies, set stores the value's json round-trip so memory always
equals a reload, and a failed write rolls the in-memory change back. the
stale-temp sweep runs once per instance. an external edit after first load
is no longer seen (single-process by contract). folds into 1.1.0.

Signed-off-by: disqualifier <dev@disqualifier.me>

README.md

@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ kv = aiocache("state.json")
 
 Prefer `AioKV` in new code.
 
+## Memory model
+
+The file is read once, on first use, and then served from memory: `get` / `get_all` don't
+touch the disk, and each `set` / `delete` writes the whole store back atomically. `get` and
+`get_all` return deep copies, and `set` stores the value's JSON round-trip (exactly what a
+reload would give back), so mutating a value you passed in or got back never changes the
+store. Because it is single-process, an edit to the file made by something else after the
+first read is not seen (and is overwritten by the next write). Orphaned temp files are swept
+once per instance, on its first save.
+
 ## Durability
 
 Writes are **atomic**: data is written to a temp file in the same directory and

src/aiokv/aiokv.py

@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ cross-process storage.
 
 import os
 import re
+import copy
 import shutil
 import json
 import time
 import asyncio
 import logging
-from typing import Any, Dict
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
 import aiofiles
 
@@ -41,31 +42,53 @@ class AioKV:
         """
         self.file = file
         self.lock = asyncio.Lock()
+        # the file is read once, then served from memory (single-process by contract);
+        # None = not loaded yet
+        self._data: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+        self._swept = False
 
     async def set(self, key: str, value: Any = None) -> None:
-        """set a value; if value is omitted or None, stores int(time.time())"""
+        """set a value; if value is omitted or None, stores int(time.time())
+
+        the value is stored as its json round-trip (what a reload from the file would give
+        back), and the in-memory store is rolled back if the write fails"""
         self._check_key(key)
+        value = value if value is not None else int(time.time())
+        stored = json.loads(json.dumps(value, allow_nan=False))
         async with self.lock:
-            cache = await self._load()
+            cache = await self._cache()
-            cache[key] = value if value is not None else int(time.time())
+            missing = object()
+            previous = cache.get(key, missing)
+            cache[key] = stored
+            try:
                 await self._save(cache)
+            except BaseException:
+                if previous is missing:
+                    del cache[key]
+                else:
+                    cache[key] = previous
+                raise
 
     async def get(self, key: str, default: Any = None) -> Any:
-        """return the value for key, or default if absent"""
+        """return a deep copy of the value for key, or default if absent"""
         self._check_key(key)
         async with self.lock:
-            cache = await self._load()
+            cache = await self._cache()
-            return cache.get(key, default)
+            return copy.deepcopy(cache[key]) if key in cache else default
 
     async def delete(self, key: str) -> bool:
         """delete a key; returns True if removed or absent, False on error"""
         try:
             self._check_key(key)
             async with self.lock:
-                cache = await self._load()
+                cache = await self._cache()
                 if key in cache:
-                    del cache[key]
+                    value = cache.pop(key)
+                    try:
                         await self._save(cache)
+                    except BaseException:
+                        cache[key] = value
+                        raise
             return True
         except Exception:
             log.exception("aiokv.delete() failed for key %s", key)
@@ -83,15 +106,16 @@ class AioKV:
                     await asyncio.to_thread(os.remove, target)
                 except FileNotFoundError:
                     pass
+                self._data = {}
             return True
         except Exception:
             log.exception("aiokv.clear() failed")
             return False
 
     async def get_all(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """return a dict of every key/value in the store"""
+        """return a deep copy of every key/value in the store"""
         async with self.lock:
-            return await self._load()
+            return copy.deepcopy(await self._cache())
 
     @staticmethod
     def _check_key(key: str) -> None:
@@ -99,6 +123,12 @@ class AioKV:
         if not isinstance(key, str):
             raise ValueError(f"aiokv keys must be str, got {type(key).__name__}")
 
+    async def _cache(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """the in-memory store, loading the file on first use; caller must hold the lock"""
+        if self._data is None:
+            self._data = await self._load()
+        return self._data
+
     async def _load(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
         """load the store, returning {} if absent or blank; raises JSONDecodeError on
         corrupt content and ValueError on valid-but-non-object JSON rather than masking it"""
@@ -124,7 +154,9 @@ class AioKV:
         target = await asyncio.to_thread(os.path.realpath, self.file)
         directory = os.path.dirname(target) or "."
         await asyncio.to_thread(os.makedirs, directory, exist_ok=True)
+        if not self._swept:
             await self._sweep_stale_tmp(directory, os.path.basename(target))
+            self._swept = True
 
         payload = await asyncio.to_thread(json.dumps, cache, allow_nan=False)
         tmp = f"{target}.{os.getpid()}.tmp"