⚡️ Speed up function _gridmake2 by 102%#1063
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The optimized code achieves a **101% speedup** (2x faster) by eliminating expensive intermediate array allocations and replacing NumPy's high-level functions with explicit loop-based array filling. ## Key Optimizations **1. Preallocated Output Array** Instead of creating multiple intermediate arrays with `np.tile()`, `np.repeat()`, and `np.column_stack()`, the optimized version preallocates the final output array once using `np.empty()`. This eliminates: - Memory allocation overhead for intermediate arrays - Copy operations when stacking arrays together - Python's internal reference counting overhead **2. Block-wise Direct Assignment** The optimization fills the output array in blocks using simple loops. For the 1D case: - Each iteration of the loop fills one "block" corresponding to an element of `x2` - Direct slice assignment (`out[start:start + n1, 0] = x1`) is much faster than `np.tile()` which creates a new array - Broadcasting `x2[i]` to fill an entire column avoids `np.repeat()`'s internal allocation **3. Explicit dtype Handling** Using `np.result_type(x1, x2)` ensures proper dtype promotion upfront, avoiding potential dtype conversions in intermediate operations. ## Performance Impact From the line profiler results: - **Original**: The bulk of time (62% + 11.4% = 73.4%) was spent in `np.column_stack()` creating and combining intermediate arrays - **Optimized**: Time is distributed across simple loop operations and direct array assignments, with no single bottleneck ## Test Case Performance The optimization excels across all test cases: - **Empty arrays**: 542-665% faster (overhead reduction is proportionally huge) - **Small inputs**: 100-180% faster (consistent with overall 101% average) - **Large inputs**: 12-133% faster (benefits from avoiding large intermediate allocations) - **Edge cases**: Non-contiguous arrays see up to 202% speedup, as direct assignment handles them more efficiently than tile/repeat The optimization is particularly effective for scenarios with repeated calls in computational loops, where the elimination of intermediate allocations compounds the performance benefit.
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📄 102% (1.02x) speedup for
_gridmake2incode_to_optimize/discrete_riccati.py⏱️ Runtime :
367 microseconds→182 microseconds(best of250runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 101% speedup (2x faster) by eliminating expensive intermediate array allocations and replacing NumPy's high-level functions with explicit loop-based array filling.
Key Optimizations
1. Preallocated Output Array
Instead of creating multiple intermediate arrays with
np.tile(),np.repeat(), andnp.column_stack(), the optimized version preallocates the final output array once usingnp.empty(). This eliminates:2. Block-wise Direct Assignment
The optimization fills the output array in blocks using simple loops. For the 1D case:
x2out[start:start + n1, 0] = x1) is much faster thannp.tile()which creates a new arrayx2[i]to fill an entire column avoidsnp.repeat()'s internal allocation3. Explicit dtype Handling
Using
np.result_type(x1, x2)ensures proper dtype promotion upfront, avoiding potential dtype conversions in intermediate operations.Performance Impact
From the line profiler results:
np.column_stack()creating and combining intermediate arraysTest Case Performance
The optimization excels across all test cases:
The optimization is particularly effective for scenarios with repeated calls in computational loops, where the elimination of intermediate allocations compounds the performance benefit.
✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Click to see Existing Unit Tests
test_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2EdgeCases.test_both_empty_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2EdgeCases.test_empty_arrays_raise_or_return_emptytest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2EdgeCases.test_float_dtype_preservedtest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2EdgeCases.test_integer_dtype_preservedtest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2NotImplemented.test_1d_first_2d_second_raisestest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2NotImplemented.test_both_2d_raisestest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_basic_two_element_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_different_length_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_float_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_larger_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_negative_valuestest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_result_shapetest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_single_element_arraystest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With1DArrays.test_single_element_with_multi_elementtest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With2DFirst.test_2d_first_1d_secondtest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With2DFirst.test_2d_multiple_columnstest_gridmake2.py::TestGridmake2With2DFirst.test_2d_single_column🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests
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