⚡️ Speed up method Algorithms.list by 13%

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📄 13% (0.13x) speedup for Algorithms.list in src/titiler/core/titiler/core/algorithm/__init__.py

⏱️ Runtime : 26.1 microseconds → 23.2 microseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces list(self.data.keys()) with list(self.data), achieving a 12% speedup by eliminating unnecessary method call overhead.

Key Change:

• Removed the .keys() method call since iterating over a dictionary directly (list(self.data)) yields the same keys as list(self.data.keys()) but with less overhead.

Why This is Faster:

• list(self.data.keys()) requires two operations: calling the .keys() method to create a dictionary view object, then converting it to a list
• list(self.data) directly iterates over the dictionary keys in a single operation, eliminating the intermediate .keys() call and view object creation
• This reduces both function call overhead and memory allocation for the view object

Performance Impact:
The optimization shows consistent 15-25% improvements across all test cases, with particularly strong gains for:

• Small dictionaries (15-25% faster) - common case benefit
• Empty dictionaries (18-21% faster) - edge case handling
• Large dictionaries (3-4% faster) - still meaningful at scale

Hot Path Context:
Based on the function references, list() is called in API endpoints like /tileMatrixSets for generating supported tile matrix set lists. These endpoints likely serve many concurrent requests, making this micro-optimization valuable for overall API throughput and response times in a web service context.

The change maintains identical behavior and return values while providing measurable performance gains across all dictionary sizes.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	✅ 1 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 26 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	✅ 1 Passed
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

from typing import Dict, List, Type

# function to test
import attr
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from titiler.core.algorithm.__init__ import Algorithms

# Minimal BaseAlgorithm for testing purposes
class BaseAlgorithm:
    pass
from titiler.core.algorithm.__init__ import Algorithms

# unit tests

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_list_with_multiple_algorithms():
    # Test with three algorithms registered
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "sum": BaseAlgorithm,
        "mean": BaseAlgorithm,
        "max": BaseAlgorithm
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 796ns -> 680ns (17.1% faster)

def test_list_with_single_algorithm():
    # Test with a single algorithm registered
    algos = Algorithms(data={"sum": BaseAlgorithm})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 725ns -> 628ns (15.4% faster)

def test_list_with_no_algorithms():
    # Test with no algorithms registered
    algos = Algorithms(data={})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 706ns -> 595ns (18.7% faster)

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_list_with_non_string_keys():
    # Test with non-string keys (should still return the keys as is)
    algos = Algorithms(data={1: BaseAlgorithm, None: BaseAlgorithm})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 733ns -> 608ns (20.6% faster)

def test_list_with_special_character_keys():
    # Test with keys containing special characters
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "sum!": BaseAlgorithm,
        "mean@2024": BaseAlgorithm,
        "": BaseAlgorithm
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 753ns -> 626ns (20.3% faster)

def test_list_with_duplicate_algorithm_classes():
    # Test with different keys pointing to the same class
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "sum": BaseAlgorithm,
        "addition": BaseAlgorithm
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 730ns -> 598ns (22.1% faster)

def test_list_is_new_list_each_time():
    # Ensure that the returned list is a new object each call (not cached)
    algos = Algorithms(data={"sum": BaseAlgorithm})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result1 = codeflash_output # 722ns -> 576ns (25.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result2 = codeflash_output # 252ns -> 208ns (21.2% faster)

def test_list_does_not_modify_internal_data():
    # Ensure that modifying the result does not affect internal data
    algos = Algorithms(data={"sum": BaseAlgorithm, "mean": BaseAlgorithm})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 677ns -> 571ns (18.6% faster)
    result.append("new_algo")

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases

def test_list_with_1000_algorithms():
    # Test with 1000 algorithms registered
    keys = [f"algo_{i}" for i in range(1000)]
    algos = Algorithms(data={k: BaseAlgorithm for k in keys})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 3.98μs -> 3.86μs (3.16% faster)

def test_list_performance_with_large_number_of_algorithms(benchmark):
    # Use pytest-benchmark to ensure performance is acceptable
    keys = [f"algo_{i}" for i in range(1000)]
    algos = Algorithms(data={k: BaseAlgorithm for k in keys})
    # The benchmark fixture will time the list() method
    result = benchmark(algos.list)

# 4. Additional Robustness Cases

def test_list_with_keys_of_various_types():
    # Test with keys of mixed types
    class CustomKey: pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "string": BaseAlgorithm,
        42: BaseAlgorithm,
        (1, 2): BaseAlgorithm,
        CustomKey(): BaseAlgorithm
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 711ns -> 573ns (24.1% faster)

def test_list_with_large_and_empty_keys():
    # Test with a very long string key and an empty string key
    long_key = "a" * 500
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        long_key: BaseAlgorithm,
        "": BaseAlgorithm
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 706ns -> 633ns (11.5% faster)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

from typing import Dict, List, Type

import attr
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from titiler.core.algorithm.__init__ import Algorithms

# Minimal BaseAlgorithm stub for testing purposes
class BaseAlgorithm:
    pass
from titiler.core.algorithm.__init__ import Algorithms

# unit tests

# ----------------
# Basic Test Cases
# ----------------

def test_list_with_multiple_algorithms():
    # Test with multiple algorithms registered
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    class AlgoB(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "sum": AlgoA,
        "mean": AlgoB
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 807ns -> 659ns (22.5% faster)

def test_list_with_single_algorithm():
    # Test with a single algorithm registered
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "max": AlgoA
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 755ns -> 668ns (13.0% faster)

def test_list_with_no_algorithms():
    # Test with no algorithms registered
    algos = Algorithms(data={})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 695ns -> 572ns (21.5% faster)

# ----------------
# Edge Test Cases
# ----------------

def test_list_with_special_characters_in_names():
    # Algorithm names with special characters
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    class AlgoB(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "sum!": AlgoA,
        "mean@2024": AlgoB,
        "": AlgoA  # empty string as a key
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 765ns -> 628ns (21.8% faster)

def test_list_with_long_algorithm_names():
    # Very long algorithm names
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    long_name = "a" * 1000
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        long_name: AlgoA
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 678ns -> 608ns (11.5% faster)

def test_list_with_non_ascii_algorithm_names():
    # Algorithm names with Unicode characters
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    class AlgoB(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "συνάρτηση": AlgoA,  # Greek
        "алгоритм": AlgoB,   # Cyrillic
        "算法": AlgoA,         # Chinese
        "algoritmo": AlgoB    # Latin
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 735ns -> 615ns (19.5% faster)

def test_list_is_a_new_list_each_time():
    # Ensure that list() returns a new list each call (not a reference)
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={"a": AlgoA})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); l1 = codeflash_output # 697ns -> 609ns (14.4% faster)
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); l2 = codeflash_output # 283ns -> 216ns (31.0% faster)

def test_list_with_duplicate_algorithm_class():
    # Different keys, same class
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={
        "a": AlgoA,
        "b": AlgoA
    })
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 699ns -> 562ns (24.4% faster)

# ------------------------
# Large Scale Test Cases
# ------------------------

def test_list_with_1000_algorithms():
    # Test with 1000 algorithms
    classes = [type(f"Algo{i}", (BaseAlgorithm,), {}) for i in range(1000)]
    keys = [f"algo_{i}" for i in range(1000)]
    algos = Algorithms(data=dict(zip(keys, classes)))
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 4.71μs -> 4.51μs (4.43% faster)

def test_list_performance_with_large_input(benchmark):
    # Use pytest-benchmark to check for performance (optional, will be skipped if not installed)
    classes = [type(f"Algo{i}", (BaseAlgorithm,), {}) for i in range(1000)]
    keys = [f"algo_{i}" for i in range(1000)]
    algos = Algorithms(data=dict(zip(keys, classes)))
    result = benchmark(algos.list)

# ------------------------
# Additional Edge Cases
# ------------------------

def test_list_with_non_string_keys_raises():
    # The function should work only with string keys; test with int key
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={1: AlgoA, "b": AlgoA})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 833ns -> 664ns (25.5% faster)

def test_list_order_matches_dict_order():
    # Since Python 3.7, dict preserves insertion order
    class AlgoA(BaseAlgorithm): pass
    algos = Algorithms(data={"a": AlgoA, "b": AlgoA, "c": AlgoA})
    codeflash_output = algos.list(); result = codeflash_output # 788ns -> 665ns (18.5% faster)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

from titiler.core.algorithm.__init__ import Algorithms

def test_Algorithms_list():
    Algorithms.list(Algorithms({}))

🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests and Runtime

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