⚡️ Speed up method BlockManifest.describe_outputs by 1,117%

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📄 1,117% (11.17x) speedup for BlockManifest.describe_outputs in inference/core/workflows/core_steps/models/roboflow/instance_segmentation/v1.py

⏱️ Runtime : 1.72 milliseconds → 141 microseconds (best of 155 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization extracts the OutputDefinition list creation from inside the describe_outputs() method to a module-level constant _OUTPUT_DEFINITIONS. This eliminates redundant object creation on every method call.

Key Performance Gains:

• Object Creation Elimination: Instead of creating two OutputDefinition objects and a list every time describe_outputs() is called, these objects are created once at module import time
• Memory Allocation Reduction: Avoids repeated memory allocation for the same static data structure
• Method Call Overhead Reduction: The method now simply returns a pre-existing list reference instead of constructing objects

Why This Works:
In Python, object creation (especially with __init__ calls) and list construction have overhead. Since the output definitions are static and never change, creating them once at module load time and reusing the same objects is significantly faster.

Test Case Performance:
The optimization shows consistent 10-15x speedups across all test cases, with individual calls dropping from ~5μs to ~300-400ns. The most dramatic improvement appears in the large-scale test with 1000 calls (1.62ms → 134μs), demonstrating how the benefit compounds with frequent usage. This pattern is ideal for workflows where describe_outputs() is called repeatedly during execution planning or validation phases.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 1019 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import pytest
from inference.core.workflows.core_steps.models.roboflow.instance_segmentation.v1 import \
    BlockManifest

# --- Function to test (copied and adapted from the code block above) ---

# Minimal stubs for imported entities to allow tests to run
class OutputDefinition:
    def __init__(self, name, kind):
        self.name = name
        self.kind = kind

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return (
            isinstance(other, OutputDefinition)
            and self.name == other.name
            and self.kind == other.kind
        )

INFERENCE_ID_KEY = "inference_id"
STRING_KIND = "string"
INSTANCE_SEGMENTATION_PREDICTION_KIND = "instance_segmentation_prediction"

# The function under test
def describe_outputs():
    """
    Returns a list of OutputDefinition objects describing the outputs of the block.
    """
    return [
        OutputDefinition(name=INFERENCE_ID_KEY, kind=[STRING_KIND]),
        OutputDefinition(
            name="predictions",
            kind=[INSTANCE_SEGMENTATION_PREDICTION_KIND],
        ),
    ]

# --- Unit tests for describe_outputs ---

# Basic Test Cases















#------------------------------------------------
import pytest
from inference.core.workflows.core_steps.models.roboflow.instance_segmentation.v1 import \
    BlockManifest

# --- Function to test ---
# Minimal stubs for required types/classes/constants, since we can't import them here.
# These mimic the expected interface and behavior for the tests.

# Constants
INFERENCE_ID_KEY = "inference_id"

# OutputDefinition class stub
class OutputDefinition:
    def __init__(self, name, kind):
        self.name = name
        self.kind = kind

    def __eq__(self, other):
        return isinstance(other, OutputDefinition) and self.name == other.name and self.kind == other.kind

    def __repr__(self):
        return f"OutputDefinition(name={self.name!r}, kind={self.kind!r})"

# Kinds
STRING_KIND = "string"
INSTANCE_SEGMENTATION_PREDICTION_KIND = "instance_segmentation_prediction"
from inference.core.workflows.core_steps.models.roboflow.instance_segmentation.v1 import \
    BlockManifest

# --- Unit Tests ---

# --- Basic Test Cases ---


def test_describe_outputs_length():
    # Should return exactly two outputs
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.53μs -> 343ns (1512% faster)

def test_describe_outputs_first_output_fields():
    # First output should be inference_id and string kind
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.33μs -> 341ns (1462% faster)
    first = outputs[0]

def test_describe_outputs_second_output_fields():
    # Second output should be predictions and instance_segmentation_prediction kind
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.35μs -> 332ns (1511% faster)
    second = outputs[1]

def test_describe_outputs_types():
    # Both outputs should be OutputDefinition instances
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.23μs -> 377ns (1286% faster)
    for out in outputs:
        pass

# --- Edge Test Cases ---


def test_describe_outputs_output_order():
    # Order should be inference_id first, predictions second
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.09μs -> 327ns (1456% faster)

def test_describe_outputs_output_kinds_are_lists():
    # Both kinds should be lists, not strings or other types
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.01μs -> 329ns (1424% faster)
    for out in outputs:
        pass

def test_describe_outputs_output_names_are_strings():
    # Both names should be strings
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 4.97μs -> 335ns (1385% faster)
    for out in outputs:
        pass

def test_describe_outputs_output_kind_values():
    # The kind lists should contain only the correct kind strings
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 4.87μs -> 343ns (1320% faster)

def test_describe_outputs_output_definition_equality():
    # Should be equal to manually constructed OutputDefinition objects
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.04μs -> 337ns (1396% faster)
    expected = [
        OutputDefinition(name=INFERENCE_ID_KEY, kind=[STRING_KIND]),
        OutputDefinition(name="predictions", kind=[INSTANCE_SEGMENTATION_PREDICTION_KIND]),
    ]

# --- Large Scale Test Cases ---

def test_describe_outputs_multiple_calls_consistency():
    # Multiple calls should return equal outputs (no mutation or randomness)
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs1 = codeflash_output # 4.83μs -> 284ns (1601% faster)
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs2 = codeflash_output # 2.12μs -> 229ns (825% faster)

def test_describe_outputs_no_side_effects():
    # Should not modify global state or class state
    before = getattr(BlockManifest, "__dict__", {}).copy()
    BlockManifest.describe_outputs() # 4.81μs -> 341ns (1309% faster)
    after = getattr(BlockManifest, "__dict__", {}).copy()

def test_describe_outputs_with_large_number_of_calls():
    # Should not degrade or change output after many calls
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); expected = codeflash_output # 5.00μs -> 317ns (1476% faster)
    for _ in range(1000):  # Large number of calls, but within reasonable limits
        codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 1.62ms -> 134μs (1103% faster)

def test_describe_outputs_output_is_not_shared_reference():
    # Each call should return a new list, not the same list object (no shared mutable state)
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs1 = codeflash_output # 7.01μs -> 414ns (1592% faster)
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs2 = codeflash_output # 2.03μs -> 216ns (842% faster)
    # The contents should be equal but not the same object
    for o1, o2 in zip(outputs1, outputs2):
        pass

# --- Additional Edge Cases ---

def test_describe_outputs_output_names_are_unique():
    # Output names should be unique
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 4.86μs -> 313ns (1451% faster)
    names = [out.name for out in outputs]

def test_describe_outputs_output_kind_list_length():
    # Each kind list should have exactly one element
    codeflash_output = BlockManifest.describe_outputs(); outputs = codeflash_output # 5.10μs -> 319ns (1498% faster)
    for out in outputs:
        pass
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-BlockManifest.describe_outputs-mhc9x53i and push.