⚡️ Speed up function ensure_vitest_imports by 11% in PR #1289 (fix/js-module-detection)#1307
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This optimization achieves a **10% runtime improvement** by eliminating redundant string scanning operations.
## Key Optimization
**Combined duplicate passes over test_globals**: The original code performed two separate passes checking if test globals appear in the code:
1. First pass: `needs_import = any(...)` to determine if *any* global is present
2. Second pass: `used_globals = [g for g in test_globals if ...]` to collect *which* globals are present
The optimized version merges these into a single pass that directly builds the `used_globals` list, eliminating the `needs_import` variable entirely. This cuts the number of substring searches (e.g., `f"{g}(" in code`) roughly in half.
## Why This Speeds Up Execution
In Python, string containment checks using the `in` operator are O(n×m) operations where n is the length of the haystack and m is the length of the needle. With 9 test globals and potentially large code strings, scanning twice through the code for each global was a significant bottleneck. The line profiler confirms this:
- Original: Lines checking `needs_import` and `used_globals` consumed **19.8%** of runtime (8.6% + 11.2%)
- Optimized: Single `used_globals` check consumes **15.9%** of runtime
## Test Case Performance
The optimization shows particularly strong gains on test cases that:
- Use multiple test globals (16-43% faster on individual global tests)
- Have larger code strings with many test cases (up to 37% faster on `test_vitest_adds_expect_import`)
- Process files with complex nesting and mixed content (15-27% improvements)
Early-exit paths (non-vitest frameworks, existing imports, no globals needed) remain fast since they bypass the optimization entirely, showing minimal overhead changes (0-3%).
This is a clean, focused optimization that reduces algorithmic complexity without changing behavior or code structure, making it safe to merge.
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⚡️ This pull request contains optimizations for PR #1289
If you approve this dependent PR, these changes will be merged into the original PR branch
fix/js-module-detection.📄 11% (0.11x) speedup for
ensure_vitest_importsincodeflash/languages/javascript/module_system.py⏱️ Runtime :
722 microseconds→652 microseconds(best of153runs)📝 Explanation and details
This optimization achieves a 10% runtime improvement by eliminating redundant string scanning operations.
Key Optimization
Combined duplicate passes over test_globals: The original code performed two separate passes checking if test globals appear in the code:
needs_import = any(...)to determine if any global is presentused_globals = [g for g in test_globals if ...]to collect which globals are presentThe optimized version merges these into a single pass that directly builds the
used_globalslist, eliminating theneeds_importvariable entirely. This cuts the number of substring searches (e.g.,f"{g}(" in code) roughly in half.Why This Speeds Up Execution
In Python, string containment checks using the
inoperator are O(n×m) operations where n is the length of the haystack and m is the length of the needle. With 9 test globals and potentially large code strings, scanning twice through the code for each global was a significant bottleneck. The line profiler confirms this:needs_importandused_globalsconsumed 19.8% of runtime (8.6% + 11.2%)used_globalscheck consumes 15.9% of runtimeTest Case Performance
The optimization shows particularly strong gains on test cases that:
test_vitest_adds_expect_import)Early-exit paths (non-vitest frameworks, existing imports, no globals needed) remain fast since they bypass the optimization entirely, showing minimal overhead changes (0-3%).
This is a clean, focused optimization that reduces algorithmic complexity without changing behavior or code structure, making it safe to merge.
✅ Correctness verification report:
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git checkout codeflash/optimize-pr1289-2026-02-03T11.36.53and push.