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diff --git a/ptpython/completer.py b/ptpython/completer.py
index 2b6795d..9252106 100644
--- a/ptpython/completer.py
+++ b/ptpython/completer.py
@@ -476,14 +476,22 @@ class DictionaryCompleter(Completer):
Complete dictionary keys.
"""
- def abbr_meta(text: str) -> str:
+ def meta_repr(value: object) -> Callable[[], str]:
"Abbreviate meta text, make sure it fits on one line."
- # Take first line, if multiple lines.
- if len(text) > 20:
- text = text[:20] + "..."
- if "\n" in text:
- text = text.split("\n", 1)[0] + "..."
- return text
+ # We return a function, so that it gets computed when it's needed.
+ # When there are many completions, that improves the performance
+ # quite a bit (for the multi-column completion menu, we only need
+ # to display one meta text).
+ def get_value_repr() -> str:
+ text = self._do_repr(value)
+
+ # Take first line, if multiple lines.
+ if "\n" in text:
+ text = text.split("\n", 1)[0] + "..."
+
+ return text
+
+ return get_value_repr
match = self.item_lookup_pattern.search(document.text_before_cursor)
if match is not None:
@@ -512,12 +520,8 @@ class DictionaryCompleter(Completer):
k_repr + "]",
-len(key),
display=f"[{k_repr}]",
- display_meta=abbr_meta(self._do_repr(v)),
+ display_meta=meta_repr(v),
)
- except KeyError:
- # `result[k]` lookup failed. Trying to complete
- # broken object.
- pass
except ReprFailedError:
pass
@@ -532,7 +536,7 @@ class DictionaryCompleter(Completer):
k_repr + "]",
-len(key),
display=f"[{k_repr}]",
- display_meta=abbr_meta(self._do_repr(result[k])),
+ display_meta=meta_repr(result[k]),
)
except KeyError:
# `result[k]` lookup failed. Trying to complete