⚡️ Speed up function unponc by 122%

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📄 122% (1.22x) speedup for unponc in spacy/lang/ga/lemmatizer.py

⏱️ Runtime : 648 microseconds → 292 microseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization replaces a Python loop-based character replacement approach with Python's built-in str.translate() method, achieving a 121% speedup.

Key changes:

1. Moved dictionary outside function: The PONC mapping is now defined as a module-level _PONC constant, eliminating the overhead of recreating the dictionary on every function call (11.1% of original runtime was spent on dictionary creation).
2. Pre-computed translation map: _TRANSLATION_MAP converts string keys to Unicode ordinals (ord(k)) as required by str.translate(), created once at module load time.
3. Replaced loop with str.translate(): The manual character iteration, dictionary lookups, list appending, and string joining is replaced with a single call to the optimized C implementation of translate().

Why this is faster:

• Eliminates Python-level iteration: The original code spent 24.3% of time iterating characters and 25.9% on dictionary lookups per character. str.translate() performs this work in optimized C code.
• Removes repeated dictionary creation: The original recreated the 19-key dictionary on every call (846μs per call), now done once at import.
• Eliminates list operations: No more list creation, appending (13.7% + 18.6% of runtime), and string joining (1.3%).

Performance characteristics:

• Excellent for long strings: Large inputs with no ponc characters see dramatic improvements (1428% faster for 1000-char ASCII strings)
• Consistent gains across all cases: Even single-character inputs are 150-270% faster
• Scales well: Mixed content maintains 50-100% speedups regardless of string length

The optimization maintains identical behavior while leveraging Python's highly optimized string translation machinery.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 132 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 spacy.lang.ga.lemmatizer import unponc

# unit tests

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_single_ponc_lowercase():
    # Test that a single ponc character is replaced correctly
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃ") # 2.08μs -> 816ns (156% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ċ") # 972ns -> 299ns (225% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḋ") # 835ns -> 284ns (194% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḟ") # 659ns -> 236ns (179% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ġ") # 623ns -> 204ns (205% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṁ") # 625ns -> 238ns (163% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṗ") # 609ns -> 243ns (151% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡ") # 634ns -> 233ns (172% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṫ") # 707ns -> 284ns (149% faster)

def test_single_ponc_uppercase():
    # Test that a single uppercase ponc character is replaced correctly
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḃ") # 1.74μs -> 514ns (239% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ċ") # 920ns -> 298ns (209% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḋ") # 669ns -> 288ns (132% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḟ") # 767ns -> 237ns (224% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ġ") # 666ns -> 200ns (233% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṁ") # 620ns -> 246ns (152% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṗ") # 766ns -> 225ns (240% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṡ") # 664ns -> 253ns (162% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṫ") # 628ns -> 219ns (187% faster)

def test_mixed_ponc_and_ascii():
    # Test that a word with ponc and ascii characters is replaced correctly
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃád") # 2.48μs -> 1.25μs (98.7% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡeomra") # 1.52μs -> 772ns (96.6% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṫine") # 1.07μs -> 426ns (152% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḟear") # 851ns -> 356ns (139% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṗost") # 872ns -> 398ns (119% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḂÁD") # 890ns -> 415ns (114% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṠEOMRA") # 1.24μs -> 453ns (174% faster)

def test_no_ponc_characters():
    # Test that a word with no ponc characters is unchanged
    codeflash_output = unponc("hello") # 2.11μs -> 772ns (174% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("abc123") # 1.47μs -> 559ns (162% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ÁÉÍÓÚ") # 1.50μs -> 661ns (127% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("") # 682ns -> 185ns (269% faster)

def test_multiple_ponc_characters():
    # Test that multiple ponc characters in a word are all replaced
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ") # 2.99μs -> 1.27μs (134% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḂĊḊḞĠṀṖṠṪ") # 1.85μs -> 849ns (118% faster)

def test_mixed_ponc_and_nonponc():
    # Test that a mix of ponc and non-ponc characters is handled
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃaċḋeḟiġoṁuṗyṡzṫ") # 3.42μs -> 1.57μs (118% faster)

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_empty_string():
    # Test that the empty string returns the empty string
    codeflash_output = unponc("") # 1.46μs -> 345ns (323% faster)

def test_only_ascii():
    # Test that a string with only ascii characters is unchanged
    codeflash_output = unponc("abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz") # 3.65μs -> 1.64μs (123% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ") # 2.84μs -> 1.26μs (125% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("1234567890") # 1.44μs -> 593ns (142% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("!@#$%^&*()") # 1.50μs -> 614ns (144% faster)

def test_only_ponc_characters():
    # Test that a string with only ponc characters is fully replaced
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ") # 2.88μs -> 1.33μs (116% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḂĊḊḞĠṀṖṠṪ") # 1.93μs -> 849ns (127% faster)

def test_unicode_non_ponc():
    # Test that non-ponc unicode characters are unchanged
    codeflash_output = unponc("ñöçü") # 2.23μs -> 1.11μs (101% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("你好") # 1.64μs -> 590ns (178% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("🙂🙃") # 1.11μs -> 408ns (173% faster)

def test_ponc_at_start_end_and_middle():
    # Test ponc characters at start, end, and middle of string
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃad") # 2.18μs -> 780ns (180% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("madḃ") # 1.50μs -> 527ns (184% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("maḃd") # 1.04μs -> 325ns (220% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃaḋ") # 1.08μs -> 375ns (188% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("aḋḃ") # 1.01μs -> 325ns (210% faster)

def test_repeated_ponc_characters():
    # Test repeated ponc characters
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃḃḃ") # 2.01μs -> 655ns (206% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡṡṡ") # 1.19μs -> 500ns (137% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṪṪṪ") # 837ns -> 279ns (200% faster)

def test_mixed_case_ponc():
    # Test mixed case ponc characters in the same string
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃḂċĊ") # 2.13μs -> 712ns (200% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡṠṫṪ") # 1.39μs -> 591ns (136% faster)

def test_surrounding_whitespace():
    # Test that whitespace is preserved
    codeflash_output = unponc("  ḃad  ") # 2.33μs -> 1.01μs (132% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("\tċat\n") # 1.49μs -> 582ns (157% faster)

def test_combining_diacritics():
    # Test that characters with combining diacritics are not replaced
    # (since only precomposed ponc characters are mapped)
    codeflash_output = unponc("b\u0307") # 1.90μs -> 848ns (124% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("B\u0307") # 1.07μs -> 348ns (208% faster)

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases

def test_long_string_with_ponc():
    # Test a long string (1000 chars) with ponc characters scattered throughout
    base = "ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ"
    ascii = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    long_input = (base + ascii) * 20  # 35*20=700, but base is 9, ascii is 26, so 35*20=700
    # Pad to 1000 chars
    long_input = (long_input * (1000 // len(long_input) + 1))[:1000]
    # Build expected output
    ponc_map = {
        "ḃ": "bh", "ċ": "ch", "ḋ": "dh", "ḟ": "fh", "ġ": "gh", "ṁ": "mh", "ṗ": "ph", "ṡ": "sh", "ṫ": "th"
    }
    expected = []
    for ch in long_input:
        if ch in ponc_map:
            expected.append(ponc_map[ch])
        else:
            expected.append(ch)
    expected_output = "".join(expected)
    codeflash_output = unponc(long_input) # 46.7μs -> 30.8μs (51.9% faster)

def test_large_input_only_ponc():
    # Test a long input string of only ponc characters (1000 chars)
    ponc_chars = "ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ"
    long_input = (ponc_chars * (1000 // len(ponc_chars) + 1))[:1000]
    ponc_map = {
        "ḃ": "bh", "ċ": "ch", "ḋ": "dh", "ḟ": "fh", "ġ": "gh", "ṁ": "mh", "ṗ": "ph", "ṡ": "sh", "ṫ": "th"
    }
    expected = []
    for ch in long_input:
        expected.append(ponc_map[ch])
    expected_output = "".join(expected)
    codeflash_output = unponc(long_input) # 64.0μs -> 34.4μs (86.3% faster)

def test_large_input_no_ponc():
    # Test a long input string of only ascii characters (1000 chars)
    ascii = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
    long_input = (ascii * (1000 // len(ascii) + 1))[:1000]
    codeflash_output = unponc(long_input) # 38.1μs -> 2.50μs (1428% faster)

def test_large_input_mixed():
    # Test a large string mixing ponc, ascii, and unicode
    ponc = "ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ"
    ascii = "abc"
    unicode = "你好🙂"
    segment = ponc + ascii + unicode
    long_input = (segment * (1000 // len(segment) + 1))[:1000]
    ponc_map = {
        "ḃ": "bh", "ċ": "ch", "ḋ": "dh", "ḟ": "fh", "ġ": "gh", "ṁ": "mh", "ṗ": "ph", "ṡ": "sh", "ṫ": "th"
    }
    expected = []
    for ch in long_input:
        if ch in ponc_map:
            expected.append(ponc_map[ch])
        else:
            expected.append(ch)
    expected_output = "".join(expected)
    codeflash_output = unponc(long_input) # 66.4μs -> 37.1μs (79.3% faster)
# 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 spacy.lang.ga.lemmatizer import unponc

# unit tests

# -------------------------
# 1. Basic Test Cases
# -------------------------

def test_unponc_single_ponc_lowercase():
    # Test each single lowercase ponc character
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃ") # 1.94μs -> 610ns (217% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ċ") # 958ns -> 282ns (240% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḋ") # 856ns -> 267ns (221% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḟ") # 657ns -> 218ns (201% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ġ") # 659ns -> 198ns (233% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṁ") # 658ns -> 217ns (203% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṗ") # 648ns -> 198ns (227% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡ") # 657ns -> 229ns (187% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṫ") # 715ns -> 245ns (192% faster)

def test_unponc_single_ponc_uppercase():
    # Test each single uppercase ponc character
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḃ") # 1.82μs -> 528ns (245% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ċ") # 882ns -> 287ns (207% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḋ") # 673ns -> 293ns (130% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ḟ") # 760ns -> 232ns (228% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ġ") # 670ns -> 196ns (242% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṁ") # 657ns -> 240ns (174% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṗ") # 715ns -> 228ns (214% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṡ") # 669ns -> 230ns (191% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Ṫ") # 660ns -> 195ns (238% faster)

def test_unponc_mixed_ponc_and_normal():
    # Test a mix of ponc and normal characters
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃád") # 2.24μs -> 1.06μs (111% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ċean") # 1.29μs -> 546ns (136% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḋubh") # 1.06μs -> 446ns (137% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("fáilte") # 1.22μs -> 573ns (112% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṗáirc") # 1.09μs -> 536ns (103% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṫrá") # 983ns -> 449ns (119% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡeanḃhean") # 1.38μs -> 640ns (115% faster)

def test_unponc_multiple_ponc_in_word():
    # Test words with multiple ponc characters
    codeflash_output = unponc("ċḃḋḟġṁṗṡṫ") # 2.82μs -> 1.14μs (147% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḂĊḊḞĠṀṖṠṪ") # 1.76μs -> 816ns (116% faster)

def test_unponc_no_ponc():
    # Test words with no ponc characters (should be unchanged)
    codeflash_output = unponc("hello") # 2.00μs -> 825ns (142% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("Gaeilge") # 1.48μs -> 541ns (174% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("") # 714ns -> 173ns (313% faster)

def test_unponc_only_ascii():
    # Test ASCII letters and punctuation
    codeflash_output = unponc("abcABC123!@#") # 2.61μs -> 1.03μs (152% faster)

# -------------------------
# 2. Edge Test Cases
# -------------------------

def test_unponc_empty_string():
    # Should return empty string
    codeflash_output = unponc("") # 1.51μs -> 345ns (338% faster)

def test_unponc_only_ponc():
    # String of only ponc characters
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ") # 2.96μs -> 1.39μs (113% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḂĊḊḞĠṀṖṠṪ") # 1.93μs -> 828ns (133% faster)

def test_unponc_repeated_ponc():
    # Repeated ponc characters
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃḃḃ") # 2.21μs -> 674ns (227% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ṡṡṡ") # 1.19μs -> 476ns (149% faster)

def test_unponc_ponc_at_edges():
    # Ponc at start, middle, end
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃabc") # 2.30μs -> 879ns (161% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("aċbc") # 1.41μs -> 464ns (204% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("abcḋ") # 1.17μs -> 424ns (175% faster)

def test_unponc_non_latin_characters():
    # Non-latin characters should be unchanged
    codeflash_output = unponc("你好") # 2.18μs -> 898ns (143% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃ你ċ好") # 1.87μs -> 914ns (104% faster)

def test_unponc_combined_ponc_and_numbers():
    # Ponc with numbers
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃ1ċ2") # 2.19μs -> 891ns (146% faster)

def test_unponc_surrogate_pairs_and_emojis():
    # Emojis and other unicode, should be unchanged
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃ😀ċ😂") # 2.63μs -> 1.25μs (112% faster)
    codeflash_output = unponc("😀😂") # 1.27μs -> 422ns (200% faster)

def test_unponc_mixed_case():
    # Mixed case, only mapped chars are replaced
    codeflash_output = unponc("ḃḂċĊ") # 2.25μs -> 722ns (212% faster)

def test_unponc_long_word_with_no_ponc():
    # Long word, no ponc
    s = "a" * 500
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 19.1μs -> 1.11μs (1613% faster)

def test_unponc_long_word_with_ponc_at_intervals():
    # Long word with ponc every 10th character
    base = ["a"] * 100
    for i in range(0, 100, 10):
        base[i] = "ḃ"
    s = "".join(base)
    expected = "".join("bh" if i % 10 == 0 else "a" for i in range(100))
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 6.63μs -> 3.34μs (98.5% faster)

# -------------------------
# 3. Large Scale Test Cases
# -------------------------

def test_unponc_large_input_all_ponc():
    # Large string of ponc characters
    ponc_chars = "ḃċḋḟġṁṗṡṫ"
    s = ponc_chars * 100  # 900 characters
    expected = ("bhchdhfhghmhphshth" * 100)
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 58.8μs -> 31.7μs (85.5% faster)

def test_unponc_large_input_mixed():
    # Large string with ponc and normal characters
    s = ("ḃaċeḋiḟoġuṁy" * 100)  # 1000 characters
    expected = ("bha" + "che" + "dhi" + "fho" + "ghu" + "mhy") * 100
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 60.5μs -> 36.2μs (67.2% faster)

def test_unponc_large_input_no_ponc():
    # Large string, no ponc
    s = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz" * 38  # 988 chars
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 38.5μs -> 2.61μs (1373% faster)

def test_unponc_large_input_random_ponc():
    # Large string with ponc randomly interspersed
    base = []
    ponc = ["ḃ", "ċ", "ḋ", "ḟ", "ġ", "ṁ", "ṗ", "ṡ", "ṫ"]
    for i in range(1000):
        if i % 50 == 0:
            base.append(ponc[(i // 50) % len(ponc)])
        else:
            base.append("x")
    s = "".join(base)
    expected = []
    for i in range(1000):
        if i % 50 == 0:
            expected.append(unponc(ponc[(i // 50) % len(ponc)]))
        else:
            expected.append("x")
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 39.9μs -> 24.3μs (64.5% faster)

def test_unponc_large_input_with_unicode():
    # Large string with unicode, ponc, and normal
    s = ("ḃ你aċ好eḋ😀iḟ😂oġuṁy" * 50)  # 1000+ chars
    expected = ("bh你a" + "ch好e" + "dh😀i" + "fh😂o" + "ghu" + "mhy") * 50
    codeflash_output = unponc(s) # 51.3μs -> 27.2μs (88.4% faster)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-unponc-mhmj9x1x and push.