See https://community.lsst.org/t/afwtable-performance-degradation-using-brackets-vs-explicit-get-for-fields.
DM-11873 Optimize QA code for speed in accessing/assigning afw table columns
DM-6782 afw table string keyword access is much slower than asKey access
This is a big slowdown that looks like it'll have a relatively easy fix. I'm moving it to the current sprint and taking it on.
Eli Rykoff, as a punishment for discovering this, would you be able to take on reviewing it?
Eli Rykoff has expressed his approval off-line.
Merged to master.
This is a big slowdown that looks like it'll have a relatively easy fix. I'm moving it to the current sprint and taking it on.