⚡️ Speed up function _extract_function_from_code by 11% in PR #1256 (refactor/use-function-to-optimize-in-js) - #1277
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The optimized code achieves a **10% runtime improvement** through two key changes that eliminate unnecessary work in common code paths: **1. Deferred `splitlines()` call** The original code called `source_code.splitlines(keepends=True)` for every function candidate that matched the target name, even when that candidate had invalid line numbers (missing `ending_line` or invalid `starting_line`). The optimization moves this expensive string operation until *after* validating that both `effective_start` and `func.ending_line` exist via an early `continue` statement. This is particularly effective because: - String splitting is computationally expensive, especially for large source files - The validation check is very cheap (just boolean/None checks) - Test results show significant gains in edge cases: `test_missing_ending_line_returns_none` runs **36.3% faster** and `test_extract_with_starting_line_none` runs **7.14% faster** **2. Guarded debug logging** The original code unconditionally formatted the debug log message string (via f-string evaluation) in exception handlers, even when debug logging was disabled. The optimization wraps this in `if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):`, preventing unnecessary string formatting in production environments where debug logging is typically off. This shows dramatic improvement in exception cases: `test_extract_with_exception_in_discover_functions` runs **34.8% faster** and `test_discover_functions_exception_handling` runs **10.9% faster**. **Performance characteristics by workload:** - Functions with invalid metadata (None values): 7-36% faster due to avoided splitlines - Exception handling paths: 10-35% faster due to conditional logging - Large files with many functions: 5-19% faster as deferred splitlines reduces overhead when iterating through non-matching functions - Standard extraction cases: 1-6% faster from accumulated micro-optimizations The optimizations are most beneficial when the function being extracted is not the first candidate checked or when processing large source files with many functions, as they reduce cumulative overhead from repeated unnecessary operations.
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⚡️ This pull request contains optimizations for PR #1256
If you approve this dependent PR, these changes will be merged into the original PR branch
refactor/use-function-to-optimize-in-js.📄 11% (0.11x) speedup for
_extract_function_from_codeincodeflash/code_utils/code_replacer.py⏱️ Runtime :
1.91 milliseconds→1.73 milliseconds(best of79runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 10% runtime improvement through two key changes that eliminate unnecessary work in common code paths:
1. Deferred
splitlines()callThe original code called
source_code.splitlines(keepends=True)for every function candidate that matched the target name, even when that candidate had invalid line numbers (missingending_lineor invalidstarting_line). The optimization moves this expensive string operation until after validating that botheffective_startandfunc.ending_lineexist via an earlycontinuestatement. This is particularly effective because:test_missing_ending_line_returns_noneruns 36.3% faster andtest_extract_with_starting_line_noneruns 7.14% faster2. Guarded debug logging
The original code unconditionally formatted the debug log message string (via f-string evaluation) in exception handlers, even when debug logging was disabled. The optimization wraps this in
if logger.isEnabledFor(logging.DEBUG):, preventing unnecessary string formatting in production environments where debug logging is typically off. This shows dramatic improvement in exception cases:test_extract_with_exception_in_discover_functionsruns 34.8% faster andtest_discover_functions_exception_handlingruns 10.9% faster.Performance characteristics by workload:
The optimizations are most beneficial when the function being extracted is not the first candidate checked or when processing large source files with many functions, as they reduce cumulative overhead from repeated unnecessary operations.
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