Dynaconf returns attributes very slowly when accessed repeatedly. In the code below, retrieving settingsmon.mode in a loop 40,000 times takes about 12 seconds:

from datetime import datetime
from dynaconf import Dynaconf

settings = Dynaconf(
    envvar_prefix="APP",
    settings_files=['config.toml']
)
print(f'Started: {datetime.now().strftime("%d.%b %Y %H:%M:%S")}')
for i in range(40000):
    x = settingsmon.mode
print(f'End: {datetime.now().strftime("%d.%b %Y %H:%M:%S")}')

Does dynaconf have a caching mechanism to speed up attribute access? If so, why isn’t it enabled by default and how can I enable it?

Furthermore,

Info from CProfiler:
30477334 function calls (29574957 primitive calls) in 22.655 seconds

Ordered by: cumulative time

ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
    1    0.084    0.084   22.655   22.655 D:app\xxx\2.py:12(fun1)
20000    0.199    0.000   22.302    0.001 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\base.py:119(getattr)
467437/127422    0.467    0.000   21.707    0.000 {built-in method builtins.getattr}
503290/121931    0.740    0.000   21.108    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\boxing.py:16(evaluate)
120000    0.426    0.000   19.421    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\boxing.py:35(getattr)
265065/84373    0.732    0.000   18.050    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\base.py:306(getattribute)
20464    0.177    0.000   17.703    0.001 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\base.py:458(get)
220000    1.153    0.000   16.322    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\vendor\box\box.py:164(getattr)
223290    0.165    0.000   12.272    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\__init__.py:435(recursively_evaluate_lazy_format)
223302/223290    0.194    0.000   12.107    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\__init__.py:446(_recursively_evaluate_lazy_format)
81931    0.166    0.000    8.629    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\boxing.py:78(get)
81931    0.077    0.000    8.355    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\vendor\box\box.py:98(get)
381931    4.968    0.000    8.199    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\__init__.py:486(find_the_correct_casing)
301359    0.979    0.000    7.843    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\utils\boxing.py:43(getitem)
200173    3.560    0.000    7.192    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\vendor\box\box.py:280(_safe_attr)
200189    1.837    0.000    2.662    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\vendor\box\box.py:128(box_config)
10845712    1.840    0.000    1.840    0.000 {method 'lower' of 'str' objects}
501359    1.244    0.000    1.447    0.000 D:app\venv\Lib\site-packages\dynaconf\vendor\box\box.py:150(__getitem)