⚡️ Speed up function time_based_cache by 15%

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📄 15% (0.15x) speedup for time_based_cache in src/algorithms/caching.py

⏱️ Runtime : 28.0 microseconds → 24.3 microseconds (best of 5 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces string-based cache key generation with tuple-based keys, achieving a 15% speedup by eliminating expensive string operations.

Key Changes:

• Original approach: Converts all arguments to strings using repr(), then joins them with colons into a single string key
• Optimized approach: Uses native tuple hashing with (args, tuple(sorted(kwargs.items()))) as the cache key

Why This is Faster:

1. Eliminates repr() calls: The original code calls repr() on every argument and keyword argument value, which involves string conversion overhead
2. Removes string concatenation: No more ":".join() operations to build composite keys
3. Leverages native tuple hashing: Python's built-in tuple hashing is highly optimized and faster than dictionary lookups on constructed strings
4. Conditional kwargs handling: Only creates the kwargs tuple when kwargs exist, avoiding unnecessary work for functions called with positional arguments only

Performance Benefits:

• The optimization is particularly effective for functions with simple, hashable arguments (like integers, strings, small tuples)
• Cache lookups become faster due to more efficient key comparison
• Memory usage is reduced by avoiding intermediate string objects

Test Case Analysis:
The optimization performs well across all test scenarios, especially benefiting cases with:

• Repeated calls with the same arguments (high cache hit rate)
• Functions with no or few kwargs (avoiding tuple creation overhead)
• Large-scale caching scenarios where key generation happens frequently

This optimization maintains identical caching behavior while significantly reducing the computational cost of cache key generation and lookup operations.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	✅ 25 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 21 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	✅ 1 Passed
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
test_dsa_nodes.py::test_cache_hit	1.46μs	791ns	84.3%✅
test_dsa_nodes.py::test_different_arguments	2.04μs	1.42μs	44.1%✅
test_dsa_nodes.py::test_different_cache_instances	2.12μs	1.17μs	82.0%✅
test_dsa_nodes.py::test_keyword_arguments	958ns	625ns	53.3%✅

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import time
from typing import Any, Callable

# imports
import pytest
from src.algorithms.caching import time_based_cache

# unit tests

# ---- Basic Test Cases ----




def test_cache_mixed_args_kwargs():
    """Test that cache key is correct for mixed args and kwargs."""
    call_count = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def func(a, b, c=0):
        call_count["count"] += 1
        return a + b + c

# ---- Edge Test Cases ----






def test_cache_with_none_and_false_values():
    """Test that cache works with None and boolean values in args."""
    call_count = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def identity(x):
        call_count["count"] += 1
        return x


def test_cache_large_number_of_unique_calls():
    """Test cache with many unique argument combinations (scalability)."""
    call_count = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=10)
    def square(x):
        call_count["count"] += 1
        return x * x

    # Call with 500 unique arguments
    for i in range(500):
        pass

    # Call again, all should be cached
    for i in range(500):
        pass

def test_cache_large_number_of_repeated_calls():
    """Test that repeated calls with same argument are cached efficiently."""
    call_count = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=5)
    def triple(x):
        call_count["count"] += 1
        return x * 3

    for _ in range(100):
        pass


def test_cache_expiry_large_scale():
    """Test expiry works for many cached items."""
    call_count = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=1)
    def add(x, y):
        call_count["count"] += 1
        return x + y

    # Fill cache
    for i in range(50):
        pass

    # Wait for expiry
    time.sleep(1.1)

    # All should be recomputed
    for i in range(50):
        pass
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import time
from typing import Any, Callable

# imports
import pytest
from src.algorithms.caching import time_based_cache

# unit tests

# ----------------------- Basic Test Cases -----------------------

def test_basic_cache_hit_and_miss():
    # Test that cache returns cached value within expiry and recomputes after expiry
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def add(a, b):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return a + b

    # Wait for cache to expire
    time.sleep(2.1)


def test_cache_with_no_arguments():
    # Test function with no arguments
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=1)
    def f():
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return 42

def test_cache_independence_between_functions():
    # Test that caches are independent per function
    calls1 = {"count": 0}
    calls2 = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f1(x):
        calls1["count"] += 1
        return x + 1

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f2(x):
        calls2["count"] += 1
        return x + 2

# ----------------------- Edge Test Cases -----------------------

def test_cache_with_mutable_arguments():
    # Test that mutable arguments (lists) are handled via repr in key
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return sum(a)

    l = [1, 2, 3]

def test_cache_with_unhashable_kwargs():
    # Test that unhashable kwargs are handled via repr in key
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a=1):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return a

def test_cache_expiry_zero_seconds():
    # Test that expiry_seconds=0 disables caching (always recompute)
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=0)
    def f(x):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return x * 2

def test_cache_expiry_negative_seconds():
    # Test that expiry_seconds < 0 disables caching (always recompute)
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=-1)
    def f(x):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return x * 3

def test_cache_with_large_and_complex_args():
    # Test cache key with complex argument types
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a, b, c=None):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return (a, b, c)

    d = {"x": 1, "y": [1, 2, 3]}

def test_cache_with_multiple_kwargs_order():
    # Test that order of kwargs does not affect cache key
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a=1, b=2):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return a + b

def test_cache_with_none_arguments():
    # Test that None as argument is handled
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a, b=None):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return a if b is None else a + b

def test_cache_with_float_expiry():
    # Test that float expiry_seconds works as expected
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=0.5)
    def f(x):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return x
    time.sleep(0.6)

# ----------------------- Large Scale Test Cases -----------------------


def test_cache_large_number_of_calls_with_expiry():
    # Test cache expiry with many keys and expiry
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=1)
    def f(x):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return x + 10

    N = 200
    # Fill cache
    for i in range(N):
        pass

    # Wait for expiry
    time.sleep(1.1)
    for i in range(N):
        pass

def test_cache_with_large_complex_args_and_kwargs():
    # Test cache with large complex arguments and kwargs
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=2)
    def f(a, b, **kwargs):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return (a, b, kwargs)

    N = 50
    for i in range(N):
        a = list(range(i))
        b = {"x": i, "y": [i, i + 1]}

    # Repeat, all should hit cache
    for i in range(N):
        a = list(range(i))
        b = {"x": i, "y": [i, i + 1]}

def test_cache_scalability_with_high_hit_rate():
    # Test cache hit rate with repeated calls to small set of keys
    call_counter = {"count": 0}

    @time_based_cache(expiry_seconds=5)
    def f(x):
        call_counter["count"] += 1
        return x * 5

    keys = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
    for _ in range(100):  # 100 calls, should only compute 5 times
        for k in keys:
            pass
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
from src.algorithms.caching import time_based_cache

def test_time_based_cache():
    time_based_cache(0)

🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
codeflash_concolic_aek3m417/tmpw_xz56qi/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_time_based_cache	959ns	541ns	77.3%✅

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