Delaying import of backend to improve startup time by 100ms

[theonering] / src / gvoice / session.py

diff --git a/src/gvoice/session.py b/src/gvoice/session.py
index b3fc522..d024ea9 100644 (file)
--- a/src/gvoice/session.py
+++ b/src/gvoice/session.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import os
 import time
 import logging
 
-import backend
 import addressbook
 import conversations
 import state_machine
@@ -37,9 +36,14 @@ class Session(object):
                                        defaults[key] = (state_machine.UpdateStateMachine.INFINITE_PERIOD, unit)
                self._username = None
                self._password = None
+               self._cookiePath = cookiePath
+
+               self._lastDndCheck = 0
+               self._cachedIsDnd = False
 
                self._asyncPool = gobject_utils.AsyncPool()
-               self._backend = backend.GVoiceBackend(cookiePath)
+               import backend
+               self._backend = backend.GVoiceBackend(self._cookiePath)
 
                if defaults["contacts"][0] == state_machine.UpdateStateMachine.INFINITE_PERIOD:
                        contactsPeriodInSeconds = state_machine.UpdateStateMachine.INFINITE_PERIOD
@@ -129,9 +133,6 @@ class Session(object):
                self._masterStateMachine.append_machine(self._voicemailsStateMachine)
                self._masterStateMachine.append_machine(self._textsStateMachine)
 
-               self._lastDndCheck = 0
-               self._cachedIsDnd = False
-
        def load(self, path):
                self._texts.load(os.sep.join((path, "texts.cache")))
                self._voicemails.load(os.sep.join((path, "voicemails.cache")))