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[Performance] Add Python-Side LRU Cache for Lemmatizer#96

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Summary

Implements #79 - adds optional LRU caching at Python layer to minimize repeated FFI calls for frequently occurring words.

Changes

  • ✅ Add cache_size parameter to Lemmatizer.__init__() (default 10,000)
  • ✅ Wrap core lemmatization with lru_cache when enabled
  • ✅ Add get_cache_info() method for cache statistics
  • ✅ Add clear_cache() method for cache management
  • ✅ Update __repr__ to show non-default cache_size
  • ✅ Add 7 comprehensive test cases
  • ✅ Add cache performance benchmarks

Performance Impact

Based on Zipf's law (top 100 words cover ~50% of tokens in typical Turkish text):

Benchmark Results (from benchmarks/benchmark_rust_vs_python.py):

Repetitive corpus (1000 tokens, 20 unique words):

  • With cache: 0.0740 ms per call
  • Without cache: 0.2399 ms per call
  • Speedup: 3.24x 🚀
  • Cache hit rate: 99.8%

Unique corpus (1000 unique words, no repetition):

  • With cache: 0.0873 ms per call
  • Without cache: 0.2217 ms per call
  • Overhead: minimal (cache lookup is fast)
  • Cache hit rate: 90.0%

Test Results

pytest tests/test_lemmatizer.py -k "lru_cache" -v
======================= 7 passed =======================

Backward Compatibility

  • Default behavior: caching enabled (10k cache size)
  • Opt-out: cache_size=0 disables caching
  • Works seamlessly with collect_metrics=True

Example Usage

# Default: caching enabled
lemmatizer = Lemmatizer()
lemmatizer("kitaplar")  # Cache miss, FFI call
lemmatizer("kitaplar")  # Cache hit, no FFI!

# Check cache stats
info = lemmatizer.get_cache_info()
print(f"Hit rate: {info.hits / (info.hits + info.misses):.2%}")

# Disable caching
lemmatizer = Lemmatizer(cache_size=0)

Closes #79

Implements Issue #56: Lemmatization Evaluation Framework

Added:
- Gold standard test set (150 entries) covering:
  * Nouns with plural, case markers, possessive, genitive
  * Verbs with present, past, future, infinitive conjugations
  * Pronouns with case markers
  * Edge cases

- Evaluation script (scripts/evaluate_lemmatizer.py):
  * Compares lookup, heuristic, hybrid strategies
  * Outputs accuracy, lookup hit rate, timing metrics
  * Error analysis with verbose mode
  * CI-ready (exits 1 if accuracy <80%)

Results:
- lookup:     98.67% accuracy (dictionary-only)
- hybrid:     98.67% accuracy (dict + heuristic fallback)
- heuristic:  13.33% accuracy (naive suffix stripping)

The evaluation reveals that:
1. Dictionary coverage is excellent (98% hit rate)
2. Heuristic fallback is weak (needs vowel harmony validator)
3. Hybrid strategy is optimal for production use

This framework enables data-driven decisions for Issue #83
(Lemmatization Strategy Trade-offs) and provides regression
detection for dictionary expansion (Issue #54).

Related: #56, #83, #54, #52
Implements #95 - adds optional LRU caching at Python layer to minimize
repeated FFI calls for frequently occurring words (Zipf's law benefit).

Changes:
- Add cache_size parameter (default 10_000, 0 disables)
- Wrap _raw_call with lru_cache when enabled
- Add get_cache_info() for cache statistics
- Add clear_cache() for cache management
- Update __repr__ to show non-default cache_size

Tests:
- Add 7 comprehensive test cases for caching behavior
- Test cache hits/misses, size limits, clearing, and metrics interaction
- All new tests passing

Performance Impact:
- Typical Turkish text: ~50% tokens covered by top 100 words
- Expected 2-5x reduction in FFI overhead for document processing
- Backward compatible (cache_size=0 disables caching)
- Add cache-friendly vs cache-hostile workload benchmarks
- Measure cache hit rates and speedup on Zipfian distribution
- Show 3.24x speedup on repetitive corpus (99.8% hit rate)
- Demonstrate minimal overhead on unique words
- Addresses benchmarking requirements from #79
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