⚡️ Speed up method Serializeable.from_dict
by 24%
#66
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📄 24% (0.24x) speedup for
Serializeable.from_dict
inguardrails/classes/generic/serializeable.py
⏱️ Runtime :
5.98 milliseconds
→4.82 milliseconds
(best of125
runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 23% speedup through three key algorithmic improvements:
1. Set-based lookup optimization: Changed
attributes = dict.keys(annotations)
toattributes = set(annotations)
. This converts O(n) list membership checks (snake_case(k) in attributes
) to O(1) set lookups, which is critical when processing many keys.2. Eliminated redundant snake_case computations: The original code called
snake_case(k)
twice per key - once for the membership check and once as the dictionary key. The optimized version precomputes all snake_case transformations in a single pass:sc_data = {snake_case(k): v for k, v in data.items()}
, then filters with simple set membership.3. Efficient encoder default handling: Replaced the get/assign pattern with
setdefault("encoder", SerializeableJSONEncoder)
, avoiding the overhead of checking if the key exists before assignment.Performance characteristics by test case:
The optimization scales particularly well with input size, making it most valuable for applications processing large dictionaries or high-frequency serialization workloads.
✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime
unit_tests/cli/server/test_hub_client.py::test_get_jwt_token
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
To edit these changes
git checkout codeflash/optimize-Serializeable.from_dict-mh2l1mq6
and push.