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📄 135% (1.35x) speedup for split_sentence_str in guardrails/validator_base.py

⏱️ Runtime : 196 microseconds 83.6 microseconds (best of 63 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces the inefficient split() and join() operations with direct string slicing using find().

Key changes:

  • Eliminated split("."): The original code splits the entire string into fragments, creating a list of all substrings
  • Eliminated join(): The original code reconstructs the second part by joining all fragments after the first
  • Added direct slicing: Uses chunk.find(".") to locate the first period, then slices the string at that position

Why this is faster:

  • split() processes the entire string and creates multiple substring objects, even though we only need the position of the first period
  • join() concatenates all remaining fragments with periods, creating unnecessary string operations
  • find() + slicing performs only one pass through the string until the first period is found, then creates exactly two substrings

Performance gains by test case:

  • Massive speedups for strings with many periods: 1239% faster for 1000 periods, 885% for consecutive periods - the original approach becomes increasingly expensive as it processes all periods
  • Moderate gains for typical cases: 5-22% faster for basic sentences with a few periods
  • Consistent improvement for large strings: 31-40% faster for long strings, as find() stops at the first period rather than processing the entire string

The optimization is most effective when strings contain multiple periods or are long, but provides consistent improvements across all test cases.

Correctness verification report:

Test Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests 🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests 57 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests 🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests 🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage 100.0%
🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from guardrails.validator_base import split_sentence_str

# unit tests

# ---------------------------
# Basic Test Cases
# ---------------------------

def test_basic_single_period():
    # Basic: One period in the middle
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Hello. World") # 1.77μs -> 1.72μs (2.84% faster)

def test_basic_period_at_end():
    # Basic: Period at the end
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Hello world.") # 1.49μs -> 1.51μs (1.46% slower)

def test_basic_period_at_start():
    # Basic: Period at the start
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".Hello world") # 1.50μs -> 1.43μs (5.12% faster)

def test_basic_multiple_periods():
    # Basic: Multiple periods
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A.B.C") # 1.59μs -> 1.49μs (6.23% faster)

def test_basic_period_with_spaces():
    # Basic: Period with spaces before and after
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A . B . C") # 1.67μs -> 1.37μs (22.0% faster)

def test_basic_period_in_numbers():
    # Basic: Period as decimal point (should still split)
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Price is 5.99 dollars.") # 1.66μs -> 1.51μs (9.74% faster)

# ---------------------------
# Edge Test Cases
# ---------------------------

def test_edge_no_period():
    # Edge: No period present
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Hello world") # 591ns -> 570ns (3.68% faster)

def test_edge_empty_string():
    # Edge: Empty string
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("") # 545ns -> 520ns (4.81% faster)

def test_edge_only_period():
    # Edge: String is just a period
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".") # 1.48μs -> 1.59μs (6.85% slower)

def test_edge_period_at_start_and_end():
    # Edge: Period at both start and end
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".abc.") # 1.57μs -> 1.60μs (1.82% slower)

def test_edge_consecutive_periods():
    # Edge: Multiple consecutive periods
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A..B") # 1.61μs -> 1.47μs (9.30% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_whitespace():
    # Edge: Period surrounded by whitespace
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A . B") # 1.44μs -> 1.40μs (3.44% faster)

def test_edge_unicode_characters():
    # Edge: Unicode and non-ASCII characters
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("你好.世界") # 2.37μs -> 2.08μs (13.9% faster)

def test_edge_newline_characters():
    # Edge: Newline characters in string
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Line1.\nLine2.") # 1.71μs -> 1.46μs (16.5% faster)

def test_edge_tab_characters():
    # Edge: Tab characters in string
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A.\tB") # 1.51μs -> 1.43μs (5.54% faster)

def test_edge_periods_only():
    # Edge: String with only periods
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("...") # 1.71μs -> 1.53μs (11.8% faster)

def test_edge_long_string_no_period():
    # Edge: Long string with no period
    long_str = "a" * 1000
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(long_str) # 826ns -> 739ns (11.8% faster)

# ---------------------------
# Large Scale Test Cases
# ---------------------------

def test_large_many_periods():
    # Large: String with many periods (1000)
    s = ".".join([str(i) for i in range(1000)])  # "0.1.2....1000"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 24.9μs -> 1.86μs (1239% faster)

def test_large_long_fragment_before_period():
    # Large: Very long fragment before first period
    s = "a" * 1000 + ".b.c"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 2.79μs -> 2.13μs (31.2% faster)

def test_large_long_fragment_after_period():
    # Large: Very long fragment after first period
    s = "a.b" + "c" * 1000
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 2.24μs -> 1.82μs (22.7% faster)

def test_large_period_at_start_long_tail():
    # Large: Period at start, long tail
    s = "." + "a" * 999
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 2.05μs -> 1.84μs (11.5% faster)

def test_large_period_at_end_long_head():
    # Large: Period at end, long head
    s = "a" * 999 + "."
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 2.54μs -> 1.81μs (40.2% faster)

def test_large_consecutive_periods():
    # Large: 1000 consecutive periods
    s = "a" + "." * 1000 + "b"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 18.4μs -> 1.86μs (885% faster)

def test_large_all_periods():
    # Large: String of only periods
    s = "." * 1000
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 16.6μs -> 1.76μs (844% faster)

# ---------------------------
# Mutation-sensitive cases
# ---------------------------

def test_mutation_sensitive_split_behavior():
    # If the function changes the split logic, this will fail
    s = "first.second.third"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 1.68μs -> 1.43μs (17.5% faster)

def test_mutation_sensitive_period_in_middle():
    # If the function does not include the period in the first fragment, this will fail
    s = "abc.def"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 1.54μs -> 1.49μs (3.35% faster)

def test_mutation_sensitive_period_in_tail():
    # If the function does not handle period at end correctly, this will fail
    s = "abc."
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 1.50μs -> 1.48μs (1.35% faster)

def test_mutation_sensitive_period_in_head():
    # If the function does not handle period at start correctly, this will fail
    s = ".abc"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 1.44μs -> 1.48μs (3.04% slower)

def test_mutation_sensitive_no_period_returns_empty():
    # If the function returns something other than [] for no period, this will fail
    s = "abc"
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s); result = codeflash_output # 506ns -> 539ns (6.12% slower)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from guardrails.validator_base import split_sentence_str

# unit tests

# ------------------ BASIC TEST CASES ------------------

def test_basic_single_period():
    # Basic: One period in the middle
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Hello world. This is a test") # 1.48μs -> 1.57μs (5.66% slower)

def test_basic_period_at_end():
    # Basic: Period at the end
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("Hello world.") # 1.61μs -> 1.57μs (2.22% faster)

def test_basic_period_at_start():
    # Basic: Period at the start
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".Hello world") # 1.38μs -> 1.53μs (9.50% slower)

def test_basic_multiple_periods():
    # Basic: Multiple periods
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("A.B.C") # 1.65μs -> 1.43μs (15.5% faster)

def test_basic_no_period():
    # Basic: No period present
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("No periods here") # 589ns -> 583ns (1.03% faster)

def test_basic_empty_string():
    # Basic: Empty string
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("") # 539ns -> 543ns (0.737% slower)

# ------------------ EDGE TEST CASES ------------------

def test_edge_only_period():
    # Edge: String is just a single period
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".") # 1.54μs -> 1.53μs (0.261% faster)

def test_edge_period_at_start_and_end():
    # Edge: Periods at both ends
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(".abc.") # 1.55μs -> 1.60μs (2.81% slower)

def test_edge_consecutive_periods():
    # Edge: Consecutive periods
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc..def") # 1.72μs -> 1.51μs (13.7% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_spaces():
    # Edge: Period surrounded by spaces
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc . def") # 1.51μs -> 1.45μs (3.58% faster)

def test_edge_multiple_periods_in_a_row():
    # Edge: Multiple periods in a row
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("a...b") # 1.84μs -> 1.49μs (23.2% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_newlines():
    # Edge: Period followed by newline
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc.\ndef") # 1.55μs -> 1.49μs (4.09% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_tabs():
    # Edge: Period followed by tab
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc.\tdef") # 1.52μs -> 1.56μs (2.43% slower)

def test_edge_period_with_unicode():
    # Edge: Unicode characters around period
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("你好.世界") # 2.44μs -> 2.16μs (13.1% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_numbers():
    # Edge: Period between numbers
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("123.456") # 1.47μs -> 1.56μs (5.46% slower)

def test_edge_period_with_special_characters():
    # Edge: Special characters before/after period
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("@!#$.%^&*") # 1.46μs -> 1.48μs (1.15% slower)

def test_edge_period_in_middle_of_spaces():
    # Edge: Period surrounded by spaces
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("   .   ") # 1.51μs -> 1.45μs (4.36% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_empty_fragments():
    # Edge: Period at start and end, empty fragments
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("..") # 1.60μs -> 1.38μs (16.3% faster)

def test_edge_period_with_leading_and_trailing_whitespace():
    # Edge: Leading/trailing whitespace
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("  abc.  def  ") # 1.44μs -> 1.46μs (1.23% slower)

# ------------------ LARGE SCALE TEST CASES ------------------

def test_large_long_string_with_periods():
    # Large: Long string with many periods
    s = ".".join([f"word{i}" for i in range(500)])
    # Should split at the first period
    expected = ["word0.", ".".join([f"word{i}" for i in range(1, 500)])]
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 15.1μs -> 1.82μs (729% faster)

def test_large_no_periods_long_string():
    # Large: Long string with no periods
    s = "a" * 1000
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 754ns -> 734ns (2.72% faster)

def test_large_periods_every_other_char():
    # Large: Period every other character
    s = "".join(["a." for _ in range(500)])
    # First split: "a.", then the rest
    expected = ["a.", "".join(["a." for _ in range(499)])]
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 10.5μs -> 1.77μs (492% faster)

def test_large_periods_at_start_and_end():
    # Large: String starting and ending with periods
    s = "." + "middle" * 100 + "."
    expected = [".", "middle" * 100 + "."]
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 2.40μs -> 1.71μs (40.8% faster)

def test_large_all_periods():
    # Large: String of only periods
    s = "." * 1000
    expected = [".", "." * 999]
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 17.8μs -> 1.78μs (902% faster)

def test_large_periods_with_spaces():
    # Large: Periods with spaces between
    s = " . ".join([f"word{i}" for i in range(500)])
    # First split: "word0 .", then the rest
    expected = ["word0 .", " ".join([f"word{i}" for i in range(1, 500)])]
    # But because split is on ".", the first fragment is "word0 ", so need to check
    fragments = s.split(".")
    expected = [fragments[0] + ".", ".".join(fragments[1:])]
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str(s) # 16.2μs -> 1.85μs (778% faster)

# ------------------ FUNCTIONALITY CONSISTENCY TESTS ------------------

def test_mutation_behavior():
    # If the function is mutated to split on "!" instead of ".", this should fail
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc!def") # 553ns -> 619ns (10.7% slower)

def test_mutation_behavior_period_removed():
    # If the function is mutated to remove periods, this should fail
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc.def.ghi") # 1.65μs -> 1.55μs (6.64% faster)

def test_mutation_behavior_wrong_join():
    # If the function is mutated to join with "," instead of ".", this should fail
    codeflash_output = split_sentence_str("abc.def.ghi") # 1.67μs -> 1.47μs (13.9% faster)

# ------------------ TYPE AND ERROR HANDLING TESTS ------------------

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-split_sentence_str-mh2n5x5w and push.

Codeflash

The optimization replaces the inefficient `split()` and `join()` operations with direct string slicing using `find()`. 

**Key changes:**
- **Eliminated `split(".")`**: The original code splits the entire string into fragments, creating a list of all substrings
- **Eliminated `join()`**: The original code reconstructs the second part by joining all fragments after the first
- **Added direct slicing**: Uses `chunk.find(".")` to locate the first period, then slices the string at that position

**Why this is faster:**
- `split()` processes the entire string and creates multiple substring objects, even though we only need the position of the first period
- `join()` concatenates all remaining fragments with periods, creating unnecessary string operations
- `find()` + slicing performs only one pass through the string until the first period is found, then creates exactly two substrings

**Performance gains by test case:**
- **Massive speedups for strings with many periods**: 1239% faster for 1000 periods, 885% for consecutive periods - the original approach becomes increasingly expensive as it processes all periods
- **Moderate gains for typical cases**: 5-22% faster for basic sentences with a few periods
- **Consistent improvement for large strings**: 31-40% faster for long strings, as `find()` stops at the first period rather than processing the entire string

The optimization is most effective when strings contain multiple periods or are long, but provides consistent improvements across all test cases.
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