From 516065d8e47e86d5e2520e47b2d54a91437c77a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Burnett <jack.burnett@babylonhealth.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:11:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] lint

---
 singer_sdk/_singerlib/messages.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/singer_sdk/_singerlib/messages.py b/singer_sdk/_singerlib/messages.py
index 73be9e556..1aedd8e56 100644
--- a/singer_sdk/_singerlib/messages.py
+++ b/singer_sdk/_singerlib/messages.py
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, t.Any]:
         Returns:
             A dictionary with the defined message fields.
         """
-
         return asdict(self, dict_factory=exclude_null_dict)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -81,6 +80,10 @@ class RecordMessage(Message):
     """The time the record was extracted."""
 
     def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, t.Any]:
+        """ Converts to a dictionary.
+
+            This overrides the default conversion logic, since it uses unnecessary deep copying and is very slow
+        """
         result: dict[str, t.Any] = {
             'type': 'RECORD',
             'stream': self.stream,