[Catalyst] Slow template processing on debian lenny

[Matt S Trout]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 02:17:22PM +0530, Terence Monteiro wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been using TT for years and enjoy the features it provides. In one of
> my Catalyst applications, I'm processing a template which generates HTML to
> give me a table with counts taken from a hash. I'm using a lot of nested
> FOREACH to generate the table.
> 
> On my machine, an ubuntu hardy, it works fast - about 2.5 seconds to
> process the template. On a production server using debian lenny, it used to
> take around the same amount of time. But recently, I upgraded it to libperl
> 5.10 and updated the different Perl modules including Template and
> Catalyst::View::TT. After this upgrade, the same template takes 25 seconds
> on average to process. The times I am mentioning are the times taken on the
> server side, as shown by the Catalyst application debug logs.

Use Devel::NYTProf to find out what specific piece of code causes the
slowness.

Currently you're just waving a torch around in a 20 mile wide pitch black
cave - sure, there's illumination involved, but not of anything relevant to
your problem.

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