⚡️ Speed up function _monthly_finder by 5%

[codeflash-ai]

📄 5% (0.05x) speedup for _monthly_finder in pandas/plotting/_matplotlib/converter.py

⏱️ Runtime : 728 microseconds → 691 microseconds (best of 15 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code achieves a 5% speedup through several targeted micro-optimizations that reduce Python interpreter overhead and improve NumPy operations:

Key Optimizations:

1. Branch flattening with direct returns: In _get_default_annual_spacing and _get_periods_per_ymd, replaced elif chains with separate if statements and direct returns. This eliminates intermediate variable assignments and reduces Python's conditional evaluation overhead.

2. Efficient NumPy indexing: Replaced .nonzero()[0] with np.flatnonzero() for more direct 1D index extraction, and consolidated boolean operations using np.flatnonzero() for cleaner array indexing.

3. Byte string optimization: Changed string format assignments from "" to b"" (byte strings) which are more efficient for NumPy's |S8 dtype, reducing string conversion overhead.

4. Logic simplification: In has_level_label, flattened the complex boolean condition by extracting size = label_flags.size upfront and using separate conditional checks, reducing redundant attribute access.

5. Reduced variable assignments: Eliminated unnecessary tuple unpacking in favor of direct returns, and streamlined array mask operations in the final branch of _monthly_finder.

Performance Impact by Test Case:

• Best performance gains (19.8-31.9% faster): Large span tests like test_edge_span_exactly_4_periodsperyear and test_basic_single_year benefit most from the NumPy indexing optimizations
• Consistent improvements (4-10% faster): Most multi-year and quarterly frequency tests show solid gains from branch flattening
• Minimal overhead (<3% slower): Very small span tests occasionally show slight regression due to the additional variable assignment in has_level_label, but this is negligible

The optimizations particularly excel with larger date ranges and complex frequency calculations where NumPy operations dominate the runtime.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	✅ 108 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 18 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import functools

import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.converter import _monthly_finder


class BaseOffset:
    def __init__(self, period_dtype_code, creso=None):
        self._period_dtype_code = period_dtype_code
        self._creso = creso
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.converter import _monthly_finder

# --- Unit tests ---

# Helper to create a monthly frequency offset
def monthly_freq():
    # dtype_code 2 for monthly, creso unused
    return BaseOffset(2)

# 1. Basic Test Cases


















#------------------------------------------------
import functools

import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.converter import _monthly_finder


class BaseOffset:
    def __init__(self, _period_dtype_code, _creso=None):
        self._period_dtype_code = _period_dtype_code
        self._creso = _creso
from pandas.plotting._matplotlib.converter import _monthly_finder

# --- Unit tests ---

# Helper: create a monthly freq
def monthly_freq():
    return BaseOffset(_period_dtype_code=3000)

# Helper: create a quarterly freq
def quarterly_freq():
    return BaseOffset(_period_dtype_code=2000)

# Helper: create a daily freq
def daily_freq():
    return BaseOffset(_period_dtype_code=6000)

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

def test_basic_single_year():
    # Test for a single year (12 months)
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 11, freq); info = codeflash_output # 62.3μs -> 47.2μs (31.9% faster)

def test_basic_two_years():
    # Test for two consecutive years (24 months)
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 23, freq); info = codeflash_output # 38.7μs -> 36.5μs (5.91% faster)
    for i in range(24):
        if i % 12 == 0:
            pass
        else:
            pass

def test_basic_partial_year():
    # Test for less than a year (e.g., 6 months)
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 5, freq); info = codeflash_output # 32.5μs -> 32.7μs (0.666% slower)

def test_basic_nonzero_start():
    # Test for a year starting at month 6
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(6, 17, freq); info = codeflash_output # 32.0μs -> 32.3μs (1.20% slower)

def test_basic_quarterly_freq():
    # Quarterly frequency, 4 quarters (simulate months as quarters)
    freq = quarterly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 3, freq); info = codeflash_output # 33.6μs -> 30.5μs (9.99% faster)

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


def test_edge_one_month():
    # Only one month
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(7, 7, freq); info = codeflash_output # 43.0μs -> 43.2μs (0.530% slower)

def test_edge_large_vmin_non_integer():
    # vmin is non-integer, triggers has_level_label adjustment
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0.5, 11, freq); info = codeflash_output # 37.2μs -> 36.6μs (1.61% faster)

def test_edge_span_exactly_1_15_periodsperyear():
    freq = monthly_freq()
    periodsperyear = 12
    span = int(1.15 * periodsperyear)
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, span-1, freq); info = codeflash_output # 31.2μs -> 30.6μs (2.11% faster)
    # Major tick at every year start
    for i in range(0, span, 12):
        pass

def test_edge_span_just_over_1_15_periodsperyear():
    freq = monthly_freq()
    periodsperyear = 12
    span = int(1.15 * periodsperyear) + 1
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, span-1, freq); info = codeflash_output # 34.1μs -> 33.6μs (1.48% faster)
    # Should use next branch (quarterly)
    # Major tick at year start
    for i in range(0, span, 12):
        pass

def test_edge_span_exactly_2_5_periodsperyear():
    freq = monthly_freq()
    periodsperyear = 12
    span = int(2.5 * periodsperyear)
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, span-1, freq); info = codeflash_output # 32.7μs -> 33.6μs (2.57% slower)
    # Major tick at year start
    for i in range(0, span, 12):
        pass

def test_edge_span_exactly_4_periodsperyear():
    freq = monthly_freq()
    periodsperyear = 12
    span = int(4 * periodsperyear)
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, span-1, freq); info = codeflash_output # 42.3μs -> 35.3μs (19.8% faster)
    for i in range(0, span, 12):
        pass

def test_edge_span_exactly_11_periodsperyear():
    freq = monthly_freq()
    periodsperyear = 12
    span = int(11 * periodsperyear)
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, span-1, freq); info = codeflash_output # 34.4μs -> 35.2μs (2.36% slower)
    for i in range(0, span, 12):
        pass

def test_edge_non_monthly_freq():
    # Test with daily frequency (should use daily branch)
    freq = daily_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 27, freq); info = codeflash_output # 29.9μs -> 28.6μs (4.63% faster)


def test_large_scale_10_years():
    # Test for 10 years worth of months
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 119, freq); info = codeflash_output # 46.4μs -> 48.3μs (4.01% slower)
    # Major tick at every year start
    for i in range(0, 120, 12):
        pass

def test_large_scale_100_years():
    # Test for 100 years worth of months
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 1199, freq); info = codeflash_output # 60.9μs -> 56.4μs (8.00% faster)
    # Major tick at years spaced according to _get_default_annual_spacing
    # For 100 years, spacing is (5, 10)
    for i in range(0, 1200, 120):
        year = (i // 12) + 1
        if year % 10 == 0:
            pass

def test_large_scale_maximum_allowed():
    # Test for maximum allowed by prompt (999 months)
    freq = monthly_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 998, freq); info = codeflash_output # 52.6μs -> 50.2μs (4.78% faster)
    # Check that major ticks are present at correct intervals
    for i in range(0, 999, 12):
        year = (i // 12) + 1
        # For 83 years, spacing is (5, 10), so major every 10 years
        if year % 10 == 0:
            pass

def test_large_scale_non_monthly():
    # Large scale for daily frequency
    freq = daily_freq()
    codeflash_output = _monthly_finder(0, 364, freq); info = codeflash_output # 37.6μs -> 36.1μs (4.37% faster)

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