⚡️ Speed up function tasked by 38,091%

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📄 38,091% (380.91x) speedup for tasked in src/async_examples/shocker.py

⏱️ Runtime : 63.3 milliseconds → 166 microseconds (best of 6 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a massive 38,091% speedup by removing a blocking sleep(0.00002) call that was preventing the async function from being truly asynchronous.

Key Issue: The original code used time.sleep() which is a blocking synchronous call that freezes the entire event loop for 20 microseconds on each function call. This completely defeats the purpose of async/await and prevents other coroutines from executing concurrently.

What Changed: Simply removed the sleep(0.00002) line, allowing the function to return immediately without blocking.

Why This Creates Massive Speedup:

• Eliminated blocking I/O: Each call no longer blocks the event loop for 20 microseconds
• Restored true async behavior: The function can now execute concurrently with other coroutines
• Removed unnecessary overhead: No system call to the sleep function

Performance Evidence: Line profiler shows the sleep() call consumed 99.2% of execution time (127ms out of 128ms total). After removal, total execution time dropped to just 0.7ms.

Test Case Performance: This optimization particularly benefits scenarios with:

• Concurrent execution (test_tasked_concurrent_execution): Multiple calls can now truly run in parallel instead of sequentially blocking
• Rapid sequential calls (test_tasked_multiple_sequential_calls): No cumulative blocking delays
• Event loop responsiveness: Other async tasks can execute without waiting for artificial delays

The function's behavior remains identical (returns "Tasked") but now operates as a proper non-blocking async function.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 2270 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import asyncio  # used to run async functions

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.async_examples.shocker import tasked

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_returns_expected_value():
    # Test that the function returns the correct value when awaited
    result = await tasked()

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_is_coroutine():
    # Test that tasked is a coroutine function
    codeflash_output = tasked(); coro = codeflash_output
    result = await coro

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_multiple_sequential_calls():
    # Test that multiple sequential calls return correct results
    for _ in range(3):
        result = await tasked()

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_concurrent_execution():
    # Test concurrent execution of tasked using asyncio.gather
    tasks = [tasked() for _ in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_cancellation():
    # Test that tasked can be cancelled and raises CancelledError
    task = asyncio.create_task(tasked())
    await asyncio.sleep(0)  # Let the event loop start the task
    task.cancel()
    try:
        await task
    except asyncio.CancelledError:
        pass  # Expected

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async 
#------------------------------------------------
import asyncio  # used to run async functions
# function to test
from time import sleep

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.async_examples.shocker import tasked

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_returns_expected_value():
    # Test that the function returns the expected string when awaited
    result = await tasked()

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_is_coroutine():
    # Test that the function is a coroutine function and must be awaited
    codeflash_output = tasked(); coro = codeflash_output
    result = await coro

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

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_concurrent_execution():
    # Test that multiple concurrent executions all return the expected value
    tasks = [tasked() for _ in range(10)]
    results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_tasked_cancellation():
    # Test that the coroutine can be cancelled and raises CancelledError
    task = asyncio.create_task(tasked())
    await asyncio.sleep(0)  # Let the event loop run
    task.cancel()
    try:
        await task
        raise AssertionError("Cancelled tasked() should raise CancelledError")
    except asyncio.CancelledError:
        pass  # Expected

@pytest.mark.asyncio
async 
#------------------------------------------------
from src.async_examples.shocker import tasked

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