⚡️ Speed up method ImportAnalyzer.visit_Attribute by 17% in PR #867 (inspect-signature-issue)
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⚡️ This pull request contains optimizations for PR #867
If you approve this dependent PR, these changes will be merged into the original PR branch
inspect-signature-issue.📄 17% (0.17x) speedup for
ImportAnalyzer.visit_Attributeincodeflash/discovery/discover_unit_tests.py⏱️ Runtime :
1.23 milliseconds→1.05 milliseconds(best of250runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 17% speedup through several targeted micro-optimizations that reduce attribute lookups and method resolution overhead in the AST traversal hot path:
Key Optimizations:
Cached attribute lookups in
__init__: The construction loop now caches method references (add_dot_methods = self._dot_methods.setdefault) to avoid repeated attribute resolution during the preprocessing phase.Single
getattrcall with None fallback: Replaced repeatedisinstance(node_value, ast.Name)checks andnode_value.idaccesses with a singleval_id = getattr(node_value, "id", None)call. This eliminates redundant type checking and attribute lookups.Direct base class method calls: Changed
self.generic_visit(node)toast.NodeVisitor.generic_visit(self, node)to bypass Python's method resolution and attribute lookup onself, providing faster direct method invocation.Restructured control flow: Combined the imported modules check with the function name lookup in a single conditional branch, reducing the number of separate
isinstancecalls from the original nested structure.Performance Impact:
self.generic_visit(node)) dropped from 9.86ms to 8.80ms (10.8% improvement)generic_visitmethod itself became 40% faster (5.04ms → 2.99ms) due to direct base class callsBest Use Cases:
The optimization is most effective for:
visit_Attributeis called frequentlyThe changes preserve all original functionality while eliminating Python overhead in this performance-critical AST traversal code.
✅ Correctness verification report:
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
To edit these changes
git checkout codeflash/optimize-pr867-2025-11-05T08.18.39and push.