⚡️ Speed up function sorter by 63%

Here is an **optimized** version of your function that preserves existing function signature and output. The current implementation uses [Bubble Sort](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_sort), which is `O(n^2)`. 
We can make multiple optimizations.

- **Use Python's built-in sort** for a drastic speedup (`Timsort`, O(n log n) in practice).
- Retain the print behavior.

Here's the rewritten code.



This will **dramatically reduce** runtime and memory overhead, since.
- It avoids unnecessary nested loops and swaps.
- Uses highly optimized C code underneath.

**Note:** If you must keep the swap logic for pedagogical reasons (Bubble Sort), you can still optimize.

- **Break early** if no swaps were made in a pass (best-case O(n)).
- **Decrease inner loop boundary** each pass.

Improved Bubble Sort.



**Recommendation**: Use the first (built-in) version for speed; use the improved bubble sort only if you have a reason not to use `.sort()`.

Author: codeflash-ai[bot]

codeflash/bubble_sort.py

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+def sorter(arr):
+    print("codeflash stdout: Sorting list")
+    n = len(arr)
+    for i in range(n):
+        swapped = False
+        # Last i elements are in place already
+        for j in range(n - 1 - i):
+            if arr[j] > arr[j + 1]:
+                arr[j], arr[j + 1] = arr[j + 1], arr[j]  # Faster swap
+                swapped = True
+        if not swapped:
+            break  # List is sorted
+    print(f"result: {arr}")
+    return arr