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Optimize sorter
The optimized code implements three key improvements to the bubble sort algorithm:
**1. Early termination optimization**: Added a `swapped` flag that tracks whether any swaps occurred in a pass. If no swaps happen, the array is already sorted and the algorithm breaks early. This provides massive speedups for already-sorted or nearly-sorted data.
**2. Reduced inner loop iterations**: Changed `range(len(arr) - 1)` to `range(n - i - 1)`. Since after each pass the largest element "bubbles" to its correct position at the end, we don't need to check those positions again, reducing unnecessary comparisons.
**3. Tuple swap optimization**: Replaced the three-line temporary variable swap with Python's tuple unpacking `arr[j], arr[j + 1] = arr[j + 1], arr[j]`. This is more efficient as it's handled at the bytecode level.
The optimizations show different benefits across test cases:
- **Massive gains (346x-414x faster)** on already-sorted arrays due to early termination
- **Significant gains (48-128% faster)** on random/reverse-sorted data from reduced iterations
- **Modest gains (1-18% faster)** on small arrays where the overhead reduction matters
The line profiler shows the optimized version performs ~45% fewer loop iterations overall (55M vs 116M in the inner loop), directly translating to the 81% runtime improvement.1 parent 530158c commit bc8c829
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