trappy: optimize merge_df by removing try/except

Change-Id: I238bb50ed1907def19b23b0610eec87234ef4d51
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelaf@google.com>
diff --git a/trappy/utils.py b/trappy/utils.py
index 57b4ccd..47ef4ab 100644
--- a/trappy/utils.py
+++ b/trappy/utils.py
@@ -147,11 +147,9 @@
         for key, value in data.iteritems():
             if key == pivot:
                 continue
-            try:
-                if np.isnan(value):
-                    data[key] = pivot_map[data[pivot]][key]
-            except:
-                pass
+            # Fast check for if value is nan (faster than np.isnan + try/except)
+            if value != value and pivot_map.has_key(data[pivot]):
+                data[key] = pivot_map[data[pivot]][key]
 
         # Get rid of primary/secondary labels
         data['Time'] = data['Time'][1]