⚡️ Speed up function _replace_locals by 10%

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📄 10% (0.10x) speedup for _replace_locals in pandas/core/computation/expr.py

⏱️ Runtime : 21.7 microseconds → 19.7 microseconds (best of 132 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization introduces module-level constant caching by pre-binding tokenize.OP and LOCAL_TAG to local variables _TOKENIZE_OP and _LOCAL_TAG. This eliminates repeated attribute lookups during function execution.

Key changes:

• Added module-level variables _TOKENIZE_OP = tokenize.OP and _LOCAL_TAG = LOCAL_TAG
• Replaced all references to tokenize.OP and LOCAL_TAG within the function with the cached versions

Why this speeds up the code:
In Python, accessing module attributes like tokenize.OP requires dictionary lookups in the module's namespace on every access. By caching these values as module-level variables, we convert expensive attribute lookups into faster local variable access. This is particularly effective for frequently called functions where the same constants are accessed repeatedly.

The line profiler shows the optimization reduces time spent on both the conditional check (line with if toknum == _TOKENIZE_OP) and the return statement, resulting in a 10% overall speedup.

Test case performance patterns:

• Best improvements (12-44% faster) occur in test cases that trigger the @ replacement path or involve non-OP token types, where both cached constants are accessed
• Smaller but consistent improvements (1-20% faster) across all other test cases due to reduced overhead in the conditional check
• The optimization is universally beneficial regardless of input characteristics

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 48 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_locals

# Simulate the LOCAL_TAG as in pandas.core.computation.ops
LOCAL_TAG = "__pd_eval_local_"
from pandas.core.computation.expr import _replace_locals

# unit tests

# ---------------------------
# 1. Basic Test Cases
# ---------------------------

def test_replace_at_operator():
    # Should replace (OP, "@") with (OP, LOCAL_TAG)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@")) # 787ns -> 701ns (12.3% faster)

def test_no_replace_operator_other_than_at():
    # Should not replace (OP, "+")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "+")) # 641ns -> 635ns (0.945% faster)
    # Should not replace (OP, "-")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "-")) # 229ns -> 226ns (1.33% faster)
    # Should not replace (OP, "*")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "*")) # 192ns -> 173ns (11.0% faster)

def test_no_replace_non_operator_token():
    # Should not replace NAME tokens
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NAME, "@")) # 626ns -> 436ns (43.6% faster)
    # Should not replace NUMBER tokens
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NUMBER, "@")) # 256ns -> 196ns (30.6% faster)
    # Should not replace STRING tokens
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.STRING, "@")) # 184ns -> 159ns (15.7% faster)
    # Should not replace INDENT tokens
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.INDENT, "@")) # 176ns -> 154ns (14.3% faster)
    # Should not replace DEDENT tokens
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.DEDENT, "@")) # 171ns -> 147ns (16.3% faster)

def test_no_replace_non_at_operator():
    # Should not replace (OP, "==")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "==")) # 574ns -> 545ns (5.32% faster)
    # Should not replace (OP, "")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "")) # 217ns -> 211ns (2.84% faster)

# ---------------------------
# 2. Edge Test Cases
# ---------------------------

def test_empty_string_token():
    # Should not replace (OP, "")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "")) # 508ns -> 500ns (1.60% faster)

def test_non_ascii_operator():
    # Should not replace (OP, "€")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "€")) # 584ns -> 550ns (6.18% faster)

def test_at_in_non_op_token():
    # Should not replace (NAME, "@")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NAME, "@")) # 611ns -> 453ns (34.9% faster)
    # Should not replace (NUMBER, "@")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NUMBER, "@")) # 319ns -> 263ns (21.3% faster)

def test_tuple_with_unexpected_types():
    # Should not raise error, just return as is
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((999, "@")) # 630ns -> 449ns (40.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, None)) # 437ns -> 436ns (0.229% faster)

def test_tuple_with_empty_values():
    # Should not replace (0, "")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((0, "")) # 618ns -> 448ns (37.9% faster)

def test_at_with_whitespace():
    # Should not replace (OP, " @ ")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, " @ ")) # 500ns -> 482ns (3.73% faster)

def test_at_with_other_characters():
    # Should not replace (OP, "@@")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@@")) # 557ns -> 529ns (5.29% faster)
    # Should not replace (OP, "@a")
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@a")) # 269ns -> 287ns (6.27% slower)

def test_case_sensitivity():
    # Should not replace (OP, "@".upper())
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@".upper())) # 689ns -> 571ns (20.7% faster)

# ---------------------------
# 3. Large Scale Test Cases
# ---------------------------





#------------------------------------------------
import tokenize

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

# Define LOCAL_TAG as used in the function (as per pandas.core.computation.ops)
LOCAL_TAG = "__pd_eval_local_"
from pandas.core.computation.expr import _replace_locals

# unit tests

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_basic_at_operator_replacement():
    # Should replace (@, OP) with (OP, LOCAL_TAG)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@")) # 788ns -> 720ns (9.44% faster)

def test_basic_non_at_operator():
    # Should not replace other operators
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "+")) # 630ns -> 581ns (8.43% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "-")) # 233ns -> 229ns (1.75% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "*")) # 200ns -> 168ns (19.0% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "/")) # 189ns -> 165ns (14.5% faster)

def test_basic_non_operator_token():
    # Should not replace when token type is not OP
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NAME, "@")) # 590ns -> 484ns (21.9% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NUMBER, "@")) # 229ns -> 187ns (22.5% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.STRING, "@")) # 180ns -> 157ns (14.6% faster)

def test_basic_other_token_values():
    # Should not replace when token value is not "@" and type is not OP
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NAME, "a")) # 561ns -> 435ns (29.0% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.NUMBER, "123")) # 254ns -> 197ns (28.9% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.STRING, "'hello'")) # 176ns -> 147ns (19.7% faster)

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_edge_empty_string_token():
    # Should not replace empty string even if OP
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "")) # 532ns -> 523ns (1.72% faster)

def test_edge_whitespace_token():
    # Should not replace whitespace token
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, " ")) # 574ns -> 571ns (0.525% faster)

def test_edge_similar_to_at_symbol():
    # Should not replace similar symbols
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@@")) # 472ns -> 520ns (9.23% slower)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@a")) # 289ns -> 269ns (7.43% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, " @")) # 192ns -> 184ns (4.35% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "a@")) # 194ns -> 164ns (18.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "a@b")) # 185ns -> 167ns (10.8% faster)

def test_edge_non_integer_token_type():
    # Should handle non-standard token type gracefully
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((9999, "@")) # 632ns -> 461ns (37.1% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((None, "@")) # 364ns -> 326ns (11.7% faster)

def test_edge_non_string_token_value():
    # Should handle non-string token value gracefully
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, None)) # 550ns -> 582ns (5.50% slower)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, 123)) # 339ns -> 325ns (4.31% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, True)) # 207ns -> 182ns (13.7% faster)
    codeflash_output = _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, False)) # 191ns -> 164ns (16.5% faster)

def test_edge_tuple_length():
    # Should raise error if tuple length is not 2
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        _replace_locals((tokenize.OP,)) # 2.21μs -> 2.26μs (2.30% slower)
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        _replace_locals((tokenize.OP, "@", "extra")) # 984ns -> 963ns (2.18% faster)

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