⚡️ Speed up method Headers.__repr__ by 33%

[codeflash-ai]

📄 33% (0.33x) speedup for Headers.__repr__ in starlette/datastructures.py

⏱️ Runtime : 9.46 microseconds → 7.10 microseconds (best of 171 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 33% speedup by eliminating method attribute lookups and avoiding unnecessary intermediate data structures in the __repr__ method.

Key optimizations:

1. Local variable assignment for decode methods: Both items() and __repr__ now assign bytes.decode to local variables (key_decode, value_decode). This avoids repeated attribute lookups on the bytes class during loops, which is a common Python micro-optimization.

2. Direct dictionary construction: The __repr__ method now builds the dictionary directly from self._list instead of calling self.items() first. This eliminates the overhead of creating an intermediate list of tuples that would then be converted to a dictionary.

3. Deduplication during construction: The optimized version handles duplicate keys by checking if s_key not in as_dict before assignment, ensuring only the first occurrence is used (matching original behavior) while building the dict in one pass.

Why this works: The original code had two expensive operations in __repr__: calling self.items() (which creates a full list) and then dict() on that list. The line profiler shows as_dict = dict(self.items()) took 79.6% of the time. The optimized version does both operations in a single loop with cached method references.

Test case performance: The optimization is particularly effective for large-scale test cases (test_repr_large_*) where the reduced attribute lookups and single-pass dictionary construction provide the most benefit. For simple cases with few headers, the speedup is modest, but for cases with hundreds of headers, the performance gain is more substantial.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 40 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	✅ 4 Passed
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

from __future__ import annotations

from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, MutableMapping
from typing import Any

# imports
import pytest
from starlette.datastructures import Headers

# unit tests

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_repr_with_simple_headers():
    # Test with a simple headers dict, one item
    h = Headers(headers={"Content-Type": "text/html"})
    expected = "Headers({'content-type': 'text/html'})"

def test_repr_with_multiple_headers():
    # Test with multiple headers, check all are present and lowercased
    h = Headers(headers={"Content-Type": "text/html", "X-Test": "abc"})
    expected_dict = {'content-type': 'text/html', 'x-test': 'abc'}

def test_repr_with_empty_headers():
    # Test with empty headers dict
    h = Headers(headers={})

def test_repr_with_raw():
    # Test with raw input, should use raw in repr
    raw = [(b'foo', b'bar'), (b'baz', b'qux')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_with_scope():
    # Test with scope input, should use dict repr
    scope = {"headers": [(b'host', b'localhost'), (b'user-agent', b'test')]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    expected_dict = {'host': 'localhost', 'user-agent': 'test'}

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_repr_with_duplicate_header_keys():
    # Duplicate keys in raw: should use raw repr since keys are not unique
    raw = [(b'foo', b'bar'), (b'foo', b'baz')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)



def test_repr_with_empty_raw():
    # Empty raw list
    h = Headers(raw=[])

def test_repr_with_raw_with_nonlatin_bytes():
    # Raw bytes that can't decode as latin-1
    raw = [(b'\xff', b'\xfe')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)
    # Should decode to latin-1, even for bytes outside ascii
    expected_dict = {b'\xff'.decode('latin-1'): b'\xfe'.decode('latin-1')}

def test_repr_with_scope_nonlist_headers():
    # Scope["headers"] is a tuple
    scope = {"headers": ((b'a', b'b'),)}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    expected_dict = {'a': 'b'}

def test_repr_with_scope_with_duplicate_keys():
    # Scope with duplicate keys, should use raw repr
    scope = {"headers": [(b'x', b'1'), (b'x', b'2')]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)

def test_repr_with_header_key_case_insensitivity():
    # Ensure keys are lowercased in dict repr
    h = Headers(headers={"X-Test": "abc", "x-test": "def"})
    # Only one key in dict, but two in _list, so should use raw
    raw = [(b'x-test', b'abc'), (b'x-test', b'def')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases

def test_repr_large_number_of_unique_headers():
    # Test with many unique headers
    headers = {f"X-Key-{i}": f"Value-{i}" for i in range(500)}
    h = Headers(headers=headers)
    expected_dict = {k.lower(): v for k, v in headers.items()}

def test_repr_large_number_of_duplicate_headers_raw():
    # Test with many duplicate keys in raw
    raw = [(b'x', b'1')] * 500
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_large_scope():
    # Test with scope containing many unique headers
    scope = {"headers": [(f"x{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"v{i}".encode("latin-1")) for i in range(500)]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    expected_dict = {f"x{i}": f"v{i}" for i in range(500)}

def test_repr_large_scope_with_duplicates():
    # Test with scope containing many duplicate keys
    scope = {"headers": [(b'x', b'1'), (b'x', b'2')] * 250}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)

# 4. Mutation-sensitive test: Changing __repr__ logic should break these

def test_repr_dict_vs_raw_switch():
    # If the number of unique keys != number of items, use raw
    raw = [(b'a', b'1'), (b'a', b'2'), (b'b', b'3')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)
    # If all keys are unique, use dict
    raw2 = [(b'a', b'1'), (b'b', b'2'), (b'c', b'3')]
    h2 = Headers(raw=raw2)
    expected_dict = {'a': '1', 'b': '2', 'c': '3'}

def test_repr_class_name_is_correct():
    # Changing class name should reflect in repr
    h = Headers(headers={"X": "Y"})
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
from __future__ import annotations

from collections.abc import Iterator, Mapping, MutableMapping
from typing import Any

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from starlette.datastructures import Headers

# unit tests

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

def test_repr_empty_headers():
    # Test __repr__ with empty headers mapping
    h = Headers(headers={})

def test_repr_single_header():
    # Test __repr__ with a single header
    h = Headers(headers={"Host": "example.com"})

def test_repr_multiple_headers():
    # Test __repr__ with multiple headers
    h = Headers(headers={"Host": "example.com", "Content-Type": "text/html"})
    # Should show all lowercased keys in dict
    expected = "Headers({'host': 'example.com', 'content-type': 'text/html'})"
    # Dict order is not guaranteed, so use eval to compare
    r = repr(h)
    d = eval(r[len("Headers("):-1])

def test_repr_with_raw_exactly_one_header():
    # Test __repr__ with raw argument containing one header
    raw = [(b'host', b'example.com')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_with_raw_multiple_headers():
    # Test __repr__ with raw argument containing multiple headers
    raw = [(b'host', b'example.com'), (b'content-type', b'text/html')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)
    # Should show all keys/values in dict
    r = repr(h)
    d = eval(r[len("Headers("):-1])

def test_repr_with_scope_headers():
    # Test __repr__ with scope argument containing headers
    scope = {'headers': [(b'host', b'example.com'), (b'accept', b'*/*')]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    r = repr(h)
    d = eval(r[len("Headers("):-1])

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

def test_repr_duplicate_keys_raw():
    # Test __repr__ with raw containing duplicate keys (should use raw repr)
    raw = [(b'host', b'example.com'), (b'host', b'example.org')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_duplicate_keys_scope():
    # Test __repr__ with scope containing duplicate keys (should use raw repr)
    scope = {'headers': [(b'host', b'example.com'), (b'host', b'example.org')]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    raw = scope['headers']

def test_repr_duplicate_keys_headers_mapping():
    # Test __repr__ with headers mapping containing duplicate keys (not possible in dict, so skip)
    # Python dict cannot have duplicate keys, so this is not possible for headers mapping.
    pass


def test_repr_non_ascii_header_key():
    # Test __repr__ with non-ASCII header key (should raise UnicodeEncodeError)
    with pytest.raises(UnicodeEncodeError):
        Headers(headers={"😀": "value"})

def test_repr_empty_raw():
    # Test __repr__ with empty raw list
    h = Headers(raw=[])

def test_repr_empty_scope():
    # Test __repr__ with empty scope headers
    scope = {'headers': []}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)

def test_repr_case_insensitive_keys():
    # Test __repr__ with headers mapping with mixed case keys
    h = Headers(headers={"Host": "example.com", "HOST": "example.org"})

def test_repr_case_insensitive_raw():
    # Test __repr__ with raw containing keys differing only by case
    raw = [(b'host', b'example.com'), (b'HOST', b'example.org')]
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_special_characters_in_header():
    # Test __repr__ with headers containing special characters
    h = Headers(headers={"X-Test": "!@#$%^&*()"})

def test_repr_header_value_with_spaces():
    # Test __repr__ with header values containing spaces
    h = Headers(headers={"X-Test": "hello world"})

def test_repr_header_value_empty_string():
    # Test __repr__ with header value as empty string
    h = Headers(headers={"X-Test": ""})

# -------------------- LARGE SCALE TEST CASES --------------------

def test_repr_large_number_of_headers():
    # Test __repr__ with a large number of headers (up to 1000)
    headers = {f"X-Key-{i}": f"Value-{i}" for i in range(1000)}
    h = Headers(headers=headers)
    r = repr(h)
    # Should contain all keys/values
    d = eval(r[len("Headers("):-1])
    for i in range(1000):
        pass

def test_repr_large_raw_with_duplicates():
    # Test __repr__ with raw containing 1000 items and some duplicates
    raw = []
    for i in range(500):
        raw.append((f"x-key-{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"value-{i}".encode("latin-1")))
    # Add duplicates
    for i in range(500):
        raw.append((f"x-key-{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"other-{i}".encode("latin-1")))
    h = Headers(raw=raw)

def test_repr_large_scope():
    # Test __repr__ with scope containing 1000 headers
    scope = {'headers': [(f"x-key-{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"value-{i}".encode("latin-1")) for i in range(1000)]}
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    r = repr(h)
    d = eval(r[len("Headers("):-1])
    for i in range(1000):
        pass

def test_repr_large_scope_with_duplicates():
    # Test __repr__ with scope containing 1000 headers, 500 duplicated keys
    scope = {'headers': []}
    for i in range(500):
        scope['headers'].append((f"x-key-{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"value-{i}".encode("latin-1")))
    for i in range(500):
        scope['headers'].append((f"x-key-{i}".encode("latin-1"), f"other-{i}".encode("latin-1")))
    h = Headers(scope=scope)
    raw = scope['headers']
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
from starlette.datastructures import Headers

def test_Headers___repr__():
    Headers.__repr__(Headers(headers=None, raw=[((v1 := b''), v1), (v1, v1)], scope=None))

def test_Headers___repr___2():
    Headers.__repr__(Headers(headers={}, raw=None, scope=None))

🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
codeflash_concolic_b9ikc1l3/tmp26e_rem8/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_Headers___repr__	6.50μs	5.13μs	26.7%✅
codeflash_concolic_b9ikc1l3/tmp26e_rem8/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_Headers___repr___2	2.95μs	1.97μs	50.3%✅

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