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⚡️ Speed up function sorter by 130,321%
The optimization replaces a manual bubble sort implementation with Python's built-in `arr.sort()` method, resulting in a dramatic performance improvement of over 130,000% speedup. **Key Changes:** - **Algorithm replacement**: Eliminated the O(n²) bubble sort with nested loops in favor of Python's built-in Timsort algorithm (O(n log n) average case) - **Reduced complexity**: Replaced ~116M+ operations (from line profiler) with a single optimized C-level sort call **Why This Leads to Speedup:** 1. **Algorithmic complexity**: Bubble sort has O(n²) time complexity, making 116M+ comparisons and swaps for 1000-element arrays. Timsort has O(n log n) complexity, requiring only ~10,000 operations for the same input. 2. **Implementation efficiency**: Python's `sort()` is implemented in C and highly optimized, while the original uses interpreted Python loops with expensive array indexing operations. 3. **Adaptive behavior**: Timsort performs exceptionally well on partially sorted data, which explains why already-sorted large lists see 50,000%+ improvements in the test results. **Test Case Performance Patterns:** - **Small arrays (≤10 elements)**: 10-40% speedup due to function call overhead being more significant - **Large sorted/reverse-sorted arrays**: 50,000-90,000% speedup as Timsort's adaptive nature shines - **Large random arrays**: 30,000-45,000% speedup from the fundamental algorithmic improvement - **Edge cases**: Consistent 5-40% improvements even for error conditions due to faster failure paths The optimization is universally beneficial, with larger datasets and more structured data (sorted/reverse-sorted) seeing the most dramatic improvements due to Timsort's intelligent handling of existing order.
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code_to_optimize/bubble_sort.py

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def sorter(arr):
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print("codeflash stdout: Sorting list")
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for i in range(len(arr)):
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for j in range(len(arr) - 1):
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if arr[j] > arr[j + 1]:
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temp = arr[j]
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arr[j] = arr[j + 1]
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arr[j + 1] = temp
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arr.sort() # Fastest in-place sort for Python lists
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print(f"result: {arr}")
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return arr

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