⚡️ Speed up function _replace_booleans by 18%

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📄 18% (0.18x) speedup for _replace_booleans in pandas/core/computation/expr.py

⏱️ Runtime : 27.4 microseconds → 23.3 microseconds (best of 115 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization introduces a pre-computed dictionary lookup (_BOOLEAN_OPS = {"&": "and", "|": "or"}) to replace the sequential if-elif chain for boolean operator replacement.

Key changes:

• Replaced if tokval == "&": ... elif tokval == "|": with if tokval in _BOOLEAN_OPS:
• Uses dictionary lookup _BOOLEAN_OPS[tokval] instead of hardcoded return values

Why this is faster:

1. Dictionary membership testing (tokval in _BOOLEAN_OPS) is O(1) average case vs O(k) for sequential comparisons where k is the number of conditions
2. Eliminates redundant string comparisons - the original code always checks both "&" and "|" conditions even when neither matches, while the dictionary approach performs a single hash lookup
3. Reduces branching - consolidates the replacement logic into a single conditional path

Performance characteristics from tests:

• Significant gains for non-boolean operators (29-40% faster) because the dictionary lookup quickly determines no replacement is needed, avoiding the elif chain
• Marginal differences for actual boolean operators (&, |) since both approaches need to perform the replacement, but dictionary lookup is still slightly more efficient
• Best suited for workloads with mixed operator tokens where most are not boolean operators, as the optimization eliminates unnecessary string comparisons for the common non-replacement case

The 17% overall speedup demonstrates that most real-world token streams contain predominantly non-boolean operators, making this optimization particularly effective.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 57 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import tokenize

# imports
import pytest
from pandas.core.computation.expr import _replace_booleans

# unit tests

# -----------------------------
# 1. BASIC TEST CASES
# -----------------------------

def test_replace_ampersand_operator():
    # Basic: & operator should be replaced with ("NAME", "and")
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&")) # 885ns -> 926ns (4.43% slower)

def test_replace_pipe_operator():
    # Basic: | operator should be replaced with ("NAME", "or")
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "|")) # 843ns -> 779ns (8.22% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_plus_operator():
    # Basic: + operator should not be replaced
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "+")) # 763ns -> 591ns (29.1% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_minus_operator():
    # Basic: - operator should not be replaced
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "-")) # 761ns -> 552ns (37.9% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_name_token():
    # Basic: Token of type NAME should not be replaced, even if value is "&" or "|"
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.NAME, "&")) # 670ns -> 536ns (25.0% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.NAME, "|")) # 325ns -> 252ns (29.0% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_number_token():
    # Basic: Token of type NUMBER should not be replaced
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.NUMBER, "42")) # 631ns -> 538ns (17.3% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_string_token():
    # Basic: Token of type STRING should not be replaced
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.STRING, "foo")) # 597ns -> 513ns (16.4% faster)

def test_no_replacement_for_other_operators():
    # Basic: Other OP tokens are not replaced
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "^")) # 807ns -> 573ns (40.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "~")) # 318ns -> 277ns (14.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "*")) # 210ns -> 195ns (7.69% faster)

# -----------------------------
# 2. EDGE TEST CASES
# -----------------------------

def test_empty_string_token():
    # Edge: Empty string as token value
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "")) # 664ns -> 534ns (24.3% faster)

def test_non_ascii_operator():
    # Edge: Non-ASCII operator (should not be replaced)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "§")) # 784ns -> 580ns (35.2% faster)

def test_tuple_with_unexpected_token_type():
    # Edge: Unknown token type (should just return as-is)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((9999, "&")) # 665ns -> 572ns (16.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((9999, "|")) # 276ns -> 260ns (6.15% faster)

def test_tuple_with_empty_tuple():
    # Edge: Not directly possible, but test with empty string for value
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "")) # 659ns -> 514ns (28.2% faster)

def test_tuple_with_whitespace_operator():
    # Edge: Whitespace as operator value
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, " ")) # 733ns -> 546ns (34.2% faster)

def test_tuple_with_long_operator_string():
    # Edge: Operator string longer than 1 char (should not be replaced)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&&")) # 665ns -> 550ns (20.9% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "||")) # 327ns -> 293ns (11.6% faster)

def test_tuple_with_similar_but_not_equal_operator():
    # Edge: Similar but not exact match
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&|")) # 632ns -> 483ns (30.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "|&")) # 310ns -> 277ns (11.9% faster)

def test_tuple_with_case_sensitive_operator():
    # Edge: Case sensitivity (should not match uppercase)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&".upper())) # 726ns -> 810ns (10.4% slower)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "|".upper())) # 393ns -> 377ns (4.24% faster)

def test_tuple_with_non_string_token_value():
    # Edge: Token value is not a string (should work, but return as-is)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, 123)) # 756ns -> 592ns (27.7% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, None)) # 416ns -> 339ns (22.7% faster)

# -----------------------------
# 3. LARGE SCALE TEST CASES
# -----------------------------






def test_large_varied_token_values():
    # Large: OP tokens with various values, only '&' and '|' should be replaced
    ops = ["&", "|", "+", "-", "*", "/", "^", "~", "&&", "||", " "]
    tokens = [(tokenize.OP, op) for op in ops for _ in range(91)]  # 11*91 = 1001 tokens
    expected = []
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import tokenize

# imports
import pytest
from pandas.core.computation.expr import _replace_booleans

# unit tests

# ---------------- BASIC TEST CASES ----------------

def test_basic_ampersand_replacement():
    # Should replace & (tokenize.OP) with ('and', tokenize.NAME)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&")) # 820ns -> 928ns (11.6% slower)

def test_basic_pipe_replacement():
    # Should replace | (tokenize.OP) with ('or', tokenize.NAME)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "|")) # 822ns -> 769ns (6.89% faster)

def test_basic_non_boolean_operator():
    # Should not replace + (tokenize.OP)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "+")) # 816ns -> 633ns (28.9% faster)

def test_basic_non_operator_token():
    # Should not replace if token type is not OP (e.g., NAME)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.NAME, "&")) # 680ns -> 560ns (21.4% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.NUMBER, "|")) # 296ns -> 259ns (14.3% faster)

def test_basic_other_operator():
    # Should not replace ^ (tokenize.OP)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "^")) # 659ns -> 535ns (23.2% faster)

# ---------------- EDGE TEST CASES ----------------

def test_edge_empty_string():
    # Empty string as token value; should be returned unchanged
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "")) # 661ns -> 549ns (20.4% faster)

def test_edge_non_ascii_operator():
    # Non-ASCII operator, should be returned unchanged
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "§")) # 804ns -> 596ns (34.9% faster)

def test_edge_similar_but_not_exact():
    # Similar to & and | but not exactly them
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&&")) # 725ns -> 527ns (37.6% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "||")) # 327ns -> 278ns (17.6% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&|")) # 210ns -> 211ns (0.474% slower)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "|&")) # 211ns -> 190ns (11.1% faster)

def test_edge_case_sensitive():
    # Should not replace uppercase or lowercase letters
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "A")) # 726ns -> 522ns (39.1% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "a")) # 325ns -> 300ns (8.33% faster)

def test_edge_non_operator_type():
    # Should not replace for other token types, even if value is & or |
    for toknum in [tokenize.NUMBER, tokenize.STRING, tokenize.ERRORTOKEN, tokenize.INDENT]:
        codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((toknum, "&")) # 1.19μs -> 1.01μs (17.8% faster)
        codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((toknum, "|"))

def test_edge_tuple_mutation():
    # Ensure the function does not mutate the input tuple
    t = (tokenize.OP, "&")
    codeflash_output = _replace_booleans(t); _ = codeflash_output # 705ns -> 696ns (1.29% faster)

def test_edge_tokenize_constants():
    # Use other tokenize constants to ensure no accidental replacement
    for toknum in [tokenize.NAME, tokenize.NUMBER, tokenize.STRING]:
        codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((toknum, "&")) # 1.04μs -> 904ns (15.4% faster)
        codeflash_output = _replace_booleans((toknum, "|"))

def test_edge_non_tuple_input():
    # Should raise TypeError if input is not a tuple of (int, str)
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        _replace_booleans(None)
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        _replace_booleans(("&", tokenize.OP))
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP,))
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        _replace_booleans((tokenize.OP, "&", "extra"))
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        _replace_booleans((None, None))

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