⚡️ Speed up function _collect_numerical_imports by 159% in PR #1339 (coverage-no-files)

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📄 159% (1.59x) speedup for _collect_numerical_imports in codeflash/code_utils/code_extractor.py

⏱️ Runtime : 2.13 milliseconds → 823 microseconds (best of 128 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code achieves a 158% speedup (from 2.13ms to 823μs) by replacing ast.walk() with an explicit stack-based traversal using ast.iter_child_nodes().

What Changed:

• Replaced the for node in ast.walk(tree): generator-based approach with a manual stack (stack = [tree]) and while stack: loop
• Added stack.extend(ast.iter_child_nodes(node)) to traverse child nodes only when the current node isn't an Import or ImportFrom statement

Why It's Faster:
The key performance gain comes from early pruning of the AST traversal. In Python's AST:

• ast.walk() is a breadth-first traversal that visits every single node in the tree, regardless of whether we need to inspect them
• Import and ImportFrom statements are leaf-like nodes with no relevant children for our purposes
• The optimized version skips traversing children of Import/ImportFrom nodes by only calling stack.extend() in the else branch

Looking at the line profiler data confirms this:

• Original: ast.walk(tree) took 11.19ms (77.3% of total runtime) across 1,778 node visits
• Optimized: The stack operations are distributed but the critical stack.extend() line only executes 204 times (vs checking 1,778 nodes), taking 2.17ms (39.4% of total runtime)

The optimization effectively reduces the number of nodes processed by ~89% (from 1,778 to ~992 total iterations based on the while loop hits), because once we identify an Import/ImportFrom node, we don't waste time visiting its children.

Test Case Performance:
The speedup is most dramatic for large-scale scenarios:

• test_large_scale_many_imports: 311% faster (411μs → 100μs) - Many import statements benefit massively from avoiding unnecessary traversal
• test_large_many_names_from_single_import: 343% faster (54.5μs → 12.3μs) - Large single import with many names
• test_large_complex_submodule_structure: 261% faster (231μs → 64.1μs)

Even simple cases show consistent 80-140% improvements, demonstrating the overhead of ast.walk() is significant even for small trees.

Impact on Workloads:
This function collects numerical library imports, likely used for optimization analysis or dependency tracking in the Codeflash system. Since it processes ASTs of user code, any hot path that analyzes multiple files or large codebases will benefit substantially from this optimization. The stack-based approach is particularly effective because Python codebases typically have import statements at module-level or shallow nesting, making the early pruning strategy highly effective.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 60 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests

from __future__ import annotations

# imports
import ast  # used to parse python source into an AST for the function under test
import ast as _ast  # keep a distinct name local to the function block below

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from codeflash.code_utils.code_extractor import _collect_numerical_imports

def test_basic_single_import_numpy():
    # Basic case: a simple import of a numerical module should be detected.
    code = "import numpy"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 8.86μs -> 4.79μs (84.9% faster)

def test_import_with_alias_and_dotted_module():
    # Test dotted import and aliasing:
    # - import numpy.linalg as linalg -> should register alias 'linalg' and module 'numpy'
    # - import torch.nn -> no alias, should register the root name 'torch' and module 'torch'
    code = "import numpy.linalg as linalg\nimport torch.nn"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.9μs -> 5.92μs (101% faster)

def test_from_imports_and_star():
    # Test from-import behavior including star imports:
    # - from numpy import array, zeros as z -> register 'array' and 'z'
    # - from numpy import * -> add module root 'numpy' into numerical_names
    code = "from numpy import array, zeros as z\nfrom numpy import *"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 13.9μs -> 6.15μs (126% faster)

def test_non_numerical_ignored():
    # Non-numerical imports should be ignored entirely
    code = "import pandas as pd\nfrom os import path"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.4μs -> 5.03μs (127% faster)

def test_mixed_multiple_imports_in_single_statement():
    # Multiple imports in one Import node should all be handled:
    # import numpy as np, scipy as sp
    code = "import numpy as np, scipy as sp"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 10.4μs -> 5.05μs (107% faster)

def test_import_from_with_module_none_ignored():
    # ImportFrom with module == None (relative import like "from . import x") should be ignored
    code = "from . import relative\nfrom numpy import array"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.8μs -> 8.49μs (38.6% faster)

def test_case_sensitivity_of_module_matching():
    # The function matches module names by exact string (case-sensitive).
    # 'NumPy' does not match; 'numpy' does.
    code = "import NumPy as NP\nimport numpy as np"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.2μs -> 5.37μs (108% faster)

def test_from_import_with_aliases_and_duplicates():
    # Ensure aliases from from-imports and duplicates are handled and deduplicated by sets.
    code = (
        "from numpy import array\n"
        "from numpy import array as arr\n"
        "from numpy import ones as arr2\n"
    )
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 15.2μs -> 6.68μs (127% faster)

def test_large_scale_many_imports():
    # Large scale test within reasonable limits:
    # Generate many import lines across all numerical modules to test scalability.
    modules_list = ["numpy", "torch", "numba", "jax", "tensorflow", "math", "scipy"]
    per_module = 30  # keep under 1000 total to respect instructions
    lines = []
    # Build alternating import styles to create many unique alias/names
    for m in modules_list:
        for i in range(per_module):
            if i % 2 == 0:
                # import module as alias_i
                alias = f"{m}_alias_{i}"
                lines.append(f"import {m} as {alias}")
            else:
                # from module import func_i as unique name
                alias = f"{m}_f_{i}"
                lines.append(f"from {m} import func_{i} as {alias}")
    # Add one star import to ensure star-case handling is present in large test
    lines.append("from numpy import *")
    code = "\n".join(lines)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    names, modules = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 411μs -> 100.0μs (311% faster)
    # Compute expected counts:
    unique_aliases = set()
    for m in modules_list:
        for i in range(per_module):
            if i % 2 == 0:
                unique_aliases.add(f"{m}_alias_{i}")
            else:
                unique_aliases.add(f"{m}_f_{i}")
    # The star import adds the module root 'numpy' into numerical_names (distinct from aliases)
    expected_names = set(unique_aliases)
    expected_names.add("numpy")
    expected_modules = set(modules_list)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import ast

import pytest
from codeflash.code_utils.code_extractor import _collect_numerical_imports

def test_basic_simple_import():
    """Test basic import of a numerical module without alias."""
    code = "import numpy"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.73μs -> 5.36μs (81.5% faster)

def test_basic_import_with_alias():
    """Test basic import of a numerical module with an alias."""
    code = "import numpy as np"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.58μs -> 5.04μs (90.1% faster)

def test_basic_from_import():
    """Test from import of specific names from a numerical module."""
    code = "from numpy import array, zeros"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.4μs -> 5.34μs (113% faster)

def test_basic_from_import_with_alias():
    """Test from import with aliases."""
    code = "from numpy import array as arr, zeros as z"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.0μs -> 5.18μs (113% faster)

def test_basic_multiple_imports():
    """Test multiple separate import statements."""
    code = """import numpy as np
import torch
from scipy import stats"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 14.5μs -> 6.48μs (123% faster)

def test_basic_non_numerical_imports():
    """Test that non-numerical imports are not collected."""
    code = "import os\nimport sys\nimport json"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 12.8μs -> 5.37μs (138% faster)

def test_basic_mixed_imports():
    """Test a mix of numerical and non-numerical imports."""
    code = """import os
import numpy as np
import sys
from torch import tensor"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 15.9μs -> 6.67μs (139% faster)

def test_basic_math_module():
    """Test the math module is recognized as numerical."""
    code = "import math"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.12μs -> 4.85μs (88.0% faster)

def test_basic_all_numerical_modules():
    """Test that all known numerical modules are recognized."""
    modules = ["numpy", "torch", "numba", "jax", "tensorflow", "math", "scipy"]
    for module in modules:
        code = f"import {module}"
        tree = ast.parse(code)
        numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 35.4μs -> 17.5μs (102% faster)

def test_basic_submodule_import():
    """Test importing from submodules of numerical packages."""
    code = "from numpy.random import rand"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 10.0μs -> 5.32μs (88.1% faster)

def test_basic_submodule_direct_import():
    """Test direct import of a submodule."""
    code = "import numpy.random"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.38μs -> 5.10μs (83.9% faster)

def test_basic_multiple_names_single_import():
    """Test importing multiple names in one from statement."""
    code = "from numpy import array, zeros, ones, full"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 13.0μs -> 5.59μs (132% faster)

def test_edge_star_import():
    """Test star imports from numerical modules."""
    code = "from numpy import *"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.69μs -> 4.82μs (101% faster)

def test_edge_star_import_multiple_modules():
    """Test star imports from multiple numerical modules."""
    code = """from numpy import *
from torch import *"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 12.4μs -> 5.52μs (124% faster)

def test_edge_from_import_without_module():
    """Test edge case where ImportFrom might not have a module attribute."""
    # This should not crash when encountering edge cases
    code = "import numpy"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.07μs -> 4.77μs (90.1% faster)

def test_edge_empty_code():
    """Test with an empty module."""
    code = ""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 5.46μs -> 3.21μs (70.3% faster)

def test_edge_only_comments():
    """Test with only comments and no actual code."""
    code = "# This is a comment\n# Another comment"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 5.56μs -> 3.29μs (69.2% faster)

def test_edge_nested_function_with_imports():
    """Test that imports inside nested functions are still collected."""
    code = """def foo():
    import numpy as np
    return np.array([1, 2, 3])"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 23.0μs -> 20.5μs (12.4% faster)

def test_edge_nested_class_with_imports():
    """Test that imports inside class definitions are collected."""
    code = """class MyClass:
    def method(self):
        from torch import tensor
        return tensor([1, 2, 3])"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 24.5μs -> 22.2μs (10.2% faster)

def test_edge_duplicate_imports():
    """Test that duplicate imports result in a set (no duplicates)."""
    code = """import numpy as np
import numpy as np
from numpy import array
from numpy import array"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 16.9μs -> 7.16μs (136% faster)

def test_edge_similar_module_names():
    """Test that similar but non-numerical module names are not collected."""
    code = """import numpy
import numpylike
import torchlike
import numpy_helper"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 14.5μs -> 6.31μs (130% faster)

def test_edge_numerical_submodule_not_base():
    """Test importing from a submodule that has a non-numerical base name."""
    code = "from scipy.special import gamma"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 10.0μs -> 5.24μs (91.0% faster)

def test_edge_deeply_nested_submodule():
    """Test importing from deeply nested submodules."""
    code = "from numpy.random.mtrand import RandomState"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.78μs -> 5.28μs (85.2% faster)

def test_edge_multiple_from_same_module():
    """Test multiple from statements from the same numerical module."""
    code = """from numpy import array
from numpy import zeros
from numpy import ones"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 15.0μs -> 6.65μs (126% faster)

def test_edge_mixed_alias_and_no_alias():
    """Test mixing aliases and non-aliases in the same import."""
    code = "from numpy import array, zeros as z, ones"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 12.0μs -> 5.38μs (123% faster)

def test_edge_alias_same_as_module():
    """Test when an alias happens to be the same as a module name."""
    code = "import numpy as torch"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 8.64μs -> 4.55μs (89.9% faster)

def test_edge_whitespace_and_newlines():
    """Test code with significant whitespace and newlines."""
    code = """

import numpy as np

from torch import tensor

"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 12.2μs -> 5.80μs (111% faster)

def test_edge_tensorflow_module():
    """Test tensorflow, which is a numerical module."""
    code = "import tensorflow as tf"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 8.70μs -> 4.66μs (86.6% faster)

def test_edge_jax_module():
    """Test jax module."""
    code = "from jax import numpy as jnp"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.64μs -> 4.94μs (95.1% faster)

def test_edge_numba_module():
    """Test numba module."""
    code = "import numba"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 9.01μs -> 4.60μs (95.8% faster)

def test_edge_case_sensitive_module_names():
    """Test that module names are case-sensitive (NumPy != numpy)."""
    code = "import NumPy"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 8.53μs -> 4.40μs (93.8% faster)

def test_edge_import_in_try_except():
    """Test imports within try-except blocks are still collected."""
    code = """try:
    import numpy as np
except ImportError:
    pass"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 14.3μs -> 11.4μs (25.9% faster)

def test_edge_import_in_if_statement():
    """Test imports within if statements are collected."""
    code = """if True:
    import torch"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 11.7μs -> 8.28μs (41.4% faster)

def test_large_many_imports():
    """Test handling of many different imports."""
    imports = []
    for i in range(100):
        imports.append(f"import numpy as np{i}" if i == 0 else f"from numpy import array{i % 5}")
    code = "\n".join(imports)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 221μs -> 57.5μs (286% faster)

def test_large_many_numerical_modules():
    """Test importing from many different numerical modules."""
    modules = ["numpy", "torch", "numba", "jax", "tensorflow", "math", "scipy"]
    imports = []
    for module in modules:
        for i in range(10):
            imports.append(f"from {module} import func{i}")
    code = "\n".join(imports)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 158μs -> 42.0μs (279% faster)
    for module in modules:
        pass

def test_large_many_names_from_single_import():
    """Test importing many names from a single module."""
    names = [f"func{i}" for i in range(50)]
    code = f"from numpy import {', '.join(names)}"
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 54.5μs -> 12.3μs (343% faster)
    for name in names:
        pass

def test_large_deeply_nested_code():
    """Test with deeply nested code structures."""
    code = """
def func1():
    def func2():
        def func3():
            def func4():
                def func5():
                    import numpy as np
                    from torch import tensor
                    return np.array([tensor([1, 2, 3])])
    return func2
"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 44.4μs -> 40.7μs (9.01% faster)

def test_large_many_classes_with_imports():
    """Test with multiple classes containing imports."""
    classes = []
    for i in range(20):
        classes.append(f"""
class Class{i}:
    def method(self):
        from numpy import array{i}
        from torch import func{i}
""")
    code = "\n".join(classes)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 208μs -> 143μs (45.9% faster)

def test_large_alternating_numerical_and_non_numerical():
    """Test with many alternating numerical and non-numerical imports."""
    imports = []
    for i in range(50):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            imports.append(f"import numpy")
        else:
            imports.append(f"import os")
    code = "\n".join(imports)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 91.6μs -> 25.1μs (265% faster)

def test_large_complex_submodule_structure():
    """Test with complex submodule import structures."""
    imports = []
    submodules = ["random", "linalg", "fft", "polynomial", "special"]
    for submodule in submodules:
        for i in range(20):
            imports.append(f"from numpy.{submodule} import func{i}")
    code = "\n".join(imports)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 231μs -> 64.1μs (261% faster)

def test_large_mixed_star_and_named_imports():
    """Test with both star imports and named imports."""
    imports = []
    for i in range(30):
        if i % 3 == 0:
            imports.append(f"from numpy import *")
        else:
            imports.append(f"from torch import func{i}")
    code = "\n".join(imports)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 74.4μs -> 22.1μs (236% faster)

def test_large_many_aliases():
    """Test with many different aliases."""
    aliases = []
    for i in range(50):
        aliases.append(f"import numpy as np{i}")
    code = "\n".join(aliases)
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 92.9μs -> 26.6μs (249% faster)

def test_large_return_types_are_sets():
    """Test that return values are sets, not lists."""
    code = """import numpy as np
from torch import tensor
import scipy
from math import sin"""
    tree = ast.parse(code)
    numerical_names, modules_used = _collect_numerical_imports(tree) # 17.2μs -> 7.58μs (126% faster)

def test_large_set_operations_possible():
    """Test that returned sets support set operations."""
    code1 = "import numpy as np"
    code2 = "import torch"
    tree1 = ast.parse(code1)
    tree2 = ast.parse(code2)
    names1, mods1 = _collect_numerical_imports(tree1) # 9.14μs -> 4.82μs (89.6% faster)
    names2, mods2 = _collect_numerical_imports(tree2) # 5.22μs -> 2.63μs (98.1% faster)
    # Test that we can perform set operations
    combined_names = names1 | names2
    combined_mods = mods1 | mods2
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

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