⚡️ Speed up method InitDecorator._build_attrs_patch_block by 40% in PR #1860 (fix/attrs-init-instrumentation)#1864
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The optimization pre-allocates reusable AST node fragments in `__init__` (such as `ast.Load()`, `ast.Store()`, `ast.Name(id="self")`, and `ast.Starred`) that previously were reconstructed on every call to `_build_attrs_patch_block`. Because AST nodes are immutable value objects that Python interns, referencing the same instances avoids repeated allocation overhead—profiler data shows lines constructing `ast.Name`, `ast.arg`, and `ast.Starred` nodes dropped from ~1–3 µs each to ~0.1–0.4 µs. Across 2868 invocations (per profiler), this yields the observed 40% runtime reduction from 22.7 ms to 16.2 ms with no correctness regressions.
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# instrument_codeflash_capture.py:256
# _codeflash_orig_ClassName_init = ClassName.__init__ ← added by this PR (redundant)
# Create class name nodes once
class_name_load = ast.Name(id=class_name, ctx=self._load_ctx)
# _codeflash_orig_ClassName_init = ClassName.__init__ ← original comment at line 261
save_orig = ast.Assign(...)The first occurrence (line 256) was added by this optimization and is redundant. Fix this → Note on PR description accuracy The description claims "AST nodes are immutable value objects that Python interns". This is inaccurate — Python AST nodes are mutable Python objects with location attributes ( The optimization is safe for the current pipeline because:
However, this is a latent fragility: if future passes mutate or rely on node identity for these shared instances, changes would affect all occurrences across all patched classes in the file. Duplicate DetectionNo duplicates detected. The pre-computation pattern for Test Coverage99% coverage on One test failed during the suite run ( Last updated: 2026-03-18 |
⚡️ This pull request contains optimizations for PR #1860
If you approve this dependent PR, these changes will be merged into the original PR branch
fix/attrs-init-instrumentation.📄 40% (0.40x) speedup for
InitDecorator._build_attrs_patch_blockincodeflash/languages/python/instrument_codeflash_capture.py⏱️ Runtime :
22.7 milliseconds→16.2 milliseconds(best of130runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimization pre-allocates reusable AST node fragments in
__init__(such asast.Load(),ast.Store(),ast.Name(id="self"), andast.Starred) that previously were reconstructed on every call to_build_attrs_patch_block. Because AST nodes are immutable value objects that Python interns, referencing the same instances avoids repeated allocation overhead—profiler data shows lines constructingast.Name,ast.arg, andast.Starrednodes dropped from ~1–3 µs each to ~0.1–0.4 µs. Across 2868 invocations (per profiler), this yields the observed 40% runtime reduction from 22.7 ms to 16.2 ms with no correctness regressions.✅ Correctness verification report:
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