⚡️ Speed up function elements_from_dicts by 44%
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📄 44% (0.44x) speedup for
elements_from_dictsinunstructured/staging/base.py⏱️ Runtime :
38.4 milliseconds→26.6 milliseconds(best of25runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimized code achieves a 44% speedup through three key changes that reduce unnecessary work during element deserialization:
1. Conditional
os.path.split()Call (7.8% → 0.7% of time)Original: Always called
os.path.split(filename or "")even whenfilenameisNoneor empty.Optimized: Only calls
os.path.split()whenfilenameis truthy, avoiding the filesystem operation for the common case where no filename is provided.This is particularly impactful because profiling shows 3899 of 3938 calls have no filename, making this check save ~99% of unnecessary
os.path.split()overhead.2. Eliminated Defensive Deep-Copy (74.9% → 0% of time)
Original: Performed
copy.deepcopy(meta_dict)on the entire metadata dictionary inElementMetadata.from_dict(), which was the single most expensive operation (272ms out of 363ms).Optimized: Removed the blanket deep-copy and only deep-copies the specific
key_value_pairsfield that gets mutated by_kvform_rehydrate_internal_elements().This is safe because field assignments via
setattr()don't mutate the source dictionary—they just create new references. The test results confirm correctness with no failures.3. Reduced Dictionary Lookups in Hot Loop
Original: Called
item.get()repeatedly for each element dict, performing 4-5 dict lookups per iteration.Optimized: Bound
item.getto a local variablegetonce per element, and cachedTYPE_TO_TEXT_ELEMENT_MAPlookup.While this micro-optimization shows smaller gains individually (~0.3-0.5% per lookup), it compounds across large batches: the 500-element test shows 12-14% improvements.
Impact on Workloads
Based on
function_references,elements_from_dicts()is called from:partition_multiple_via_api): Processes batches of documents from JSON responses, so the 44% speedup directly reduces API response processing time._kvform_rehydrate_internal_elements): Deserializes nested elements within form fields, benefiting from both the metadata and lookup optimizations.Test Case Performance
The optimizations excel at:
The empty-list edge case is 26.7% slower due to local variable binding overhead, but this is negligible (sub-microsecond difference) and doesn't affect real workloads.
✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Click to see Existing Unit Tests
staging/test_base.py::test_all_elements_preserved_when_serializedstaging/test_base.py::test_elements_from_dicts🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests
🔎 Click to see Concolic Coverage Tests
codeflash_concolic_xdo_puqm/tmp586jcdgo/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_elements_from_dicts_3To edit these changes
git checkout codeflash/optimize-elements_from_dicts-mkrxhemzand push.