⚡️ Speed up function remove_unused_definitions_by_function_names by 15% in PR #935 (fix/ctx-global-definitions-deps)#936
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The optimized code achieves a **15% speedup** through three key optimizations that target expensive operations identified in the profiler: **1. Early Exit for Empty Qualified Functions (Major Impact)** - Added a guard clause in `collect_top_level_defs_with_usages()` that returns early if `qualified_function_names` is empty - This completely skips the expensive CST visitor pattern (`wrapper.visit(dependency_collector)`) which accounts for 82.6% of the function's runtime - Test results show dramatic speedups (706-3748% faster) for cases with empty function sets, indicating this optimization has substantial impact when no specific functions need to be preserved **2. Loop Optimization with Local Variable Caching** - Cached `new_children.append` as `append_child` and `remove_unused_definitions_recursively` as `rr` to eliminate repeated attribute lookups in the hot loop - The profiler shows this loop executing 2,777 times and consuming 9.5% of total runtime through recursive calls - Attribute lookups in Python are relatively expensive, so caching these references provides measurable improvement in tight loops **3. Tuple Unpacking Elimination** - Replaced tuple unpacking `modified_module, _ = remove_unused_definitions_recursively(...)` with direct indexing to avoid creating temporary tuples - While a micro-optimization, it reduces object allocation overhead in the main execution path **Impact Based on Function Usage:** The function references show this is called from `extract_code_string_context_from_files()` and `extract_code_markdown_context_from_files()`, both of which process multiple files and function sets during code context extraction. The early exit optimization is particularly valuable here since many files may have empty qualified function sets, allowing the system to skip expensive dependency analysis entirely. The optimizations are most effective for: - Large codebases where many files don't contain target functions (early exit benefit) - Complex AST structures with deep nesting (loop optimization benefit) - Batch processing scenarios where the function is called repeatedly (cumulative micro-optimization benefits)
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| append_child = new_children.append # Local for speed | ||
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| rr = remove_unused_definitions_recursively |
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| # Apply the recursive removal transformation | ||
| modified_module, _ = remove_unused_definitions_recursively(module, defs_with_usages) | ||
| result = remove_unused_definitions_recursively(module, defs_with_usages) | ||
| modified_module = result[0] |
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⚡️ This pull request contains optimizations for PR #935
If you approve this dependent PR, these changes will be merged into the original PR branch
fix/ctx-global-definitions-deps.📄 15% (0.15x) speedup for
remove_unused_definitions_by_function_namesincodeflash/context/unused_definition_remover.py⏱️ Runtime :
928 milliseconds→804 milliseconds(best of12runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 15% speedup through three key optimizations that target expensive operations identified in the profiler:
1. Early Exit for Empty Qualified Functions (Major Impact)
collect_top_level_defs_with_usages()that returns early ifqualified_function_namesis emptywrapper.visit(dependency_collector)) which accounts for 82.6% of the function's runtime2. Loop Optimization with Local Variable Caching
new_children.appendasappend_childandremove_unused_definitions_recursivelyasrrto eliminate repeated attribute lookups in the hot loop3. Tuple Unpacking Elimination
modified_module, _ = remove_unused_definitions_recursively(...)with direct indexing to avoid creating temporary tuplesImpact Based on Function Usage:
The function references show this is called from
extract_code_string_context_from_files()andextract_code_markdown_context_from_files(), both of which process multiple files and function sets during code context extraction. The early exit optimization is particularly valuable here since many files may have empty qualified function sets, allowing the system to skip expensive dependency analysis entirely.The optimizations are most effective for:
✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime
test_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_class_method_with_dunder_methodstest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_class_variable_removaltest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_complex_type_annotationstest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_complex_variable_dependenciestest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_conditional_and_loop_variablestest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_try_except_finally_variablestest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_type_annotation_usagetest_remove_unused_definitions.py::test_variable_removal_only🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
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