The original problem was that queryset cloning was really expensive
when filtering with F() clauses. The __deepcopy__ went too deep copying
_meta attributes of the models used. To fix this the use of
__deepcopy__ in qs cloning was removed.
This commit results in some speed improvements across the djangobench
benchmark suite. Most query_* tests are 20-30% faster, save() is 50%
faster and finally complex filtering situations can see 2x to order
of magnitude improvments.
Thanks to Suor, Alex and lrekucki for valuable feedback.
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