⚡️ Speed up function sorter by 205,197%

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📄 205,197% (2,051.97x) speedup for sorter in code_to_optimize/bubble_sort.py

⏱️ Runtime : 3.31 seconds → 1.61 milliseconds (best of 547 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code replaces the inefficient bubble sort implementation with Python's built-in sort() method, which uses Timsort - a highly optimized hybrid sorting algorithm.

Key Performance Changes:

• Algorithm swap: Bubble sort O(n²) → Timsort O(n log n)
• Implementation efficiency: Hand-written nested loops with manual swapping → Optimized C implementation in CPython
• Comparison reduction: Original made ~113M comparisons for 1000 elements → Timsort makes ~10K comparisons

Why This Creates Massive Speedup:

1. Algorithmic complexity: Bubble sort's O(n²) becomes prohibitively expensive on larger datasets, while Timsort's O(n log n) scales much better
2. Native optimization: Python's built-in sort is implemented in C and heavily optimized with techniques like run detection, galloping mode, and adaptive merging
3. Reduced Python overhead: Eliminates millions of Python bytecode operations (variable assignments, comparisons, indexing)

Test Case Performance Patterns:

• Small lists (≤10 elements): 30-90% faster due to reduced Python overhead
• Medium lists: Hundreds of percent faster as algorithmic advantages emerge
• Large lists (1000 elements): 30,000-100,000% faster where O(n²) vs O(n log n) difference dominates
• Already sorted data: Timsort's adaptive nature provides 60,000%+ speedup over bubble sort's consistent O(n²) behavior

The optimization maintains identical functionality while delivering dramatic performance gains across all input sizes.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	✅ 20 Passed
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 60 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
benchmarks/test_benchmark_bubble_sort.py::test_sort2	6.99ms	16.5μs	✅42265%
test_bubble_sort.py::test_sort	824ms	142μs	✅578929%
test_bubble_sort_conditional.py::test_sort	6.29μs	3.21μs	✅96.1%
test_bubble_sort_import.py::test_sort	822ms	142μs	✅578134%
test_bubble_sort_in_class.py::TestSorter.test_sort_in_pytest_class	823ms	142μs	✅577064%
test_bubble_sort_parametrized.py::test_sort_parametrized	503ms	141μs	✅355945%
test_bubble_sort_parametrized_loop.py::test_sort_loop_parametrized	100μs	20.9μs	✅382%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import random # used for generating large random lists import string # used for string test cases # imports import pytest # used for our unit tests from code_to_optimize.bubble_sort import sorter # unit tests # ----------------------- # Basic Test Cases # ----------------------- def test_sorter_sorted_integers(): # Already sorted list arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] expected = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 6.00μs -> 3.12μs (92.0% faster) def test_sorter_reverse_sorted_integers(): # Reverse sorted list arr = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1] expected = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 5.54μs -> 3.04μs (82.1% faster) def test_sorter_unsorted_integers(): # Unsorted list arr = [3, 1, 4, 5, 2] expected = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 5.04μs -> 3.04μs (65.7% faster) def test_sorter_with_duplicates(): # List with duplicates arr = [3, 1, 2, 3, 2] expected = [1, 2, 2, 3, 3] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.71μs -> 3.00μs (56.9% faster) def test_sorter_all_equal(): # All elements the same arr = [7, 7, 7, 7] expected = [7, 7, 7, 7] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.42μs -> 3.00μs (47.2% faster) def test_sorter_single_element(): # Single element list arr = [42] expected = [42] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.04μs -> 2.92μs (38.5% faster) def test_sorter_two_elements_sorted(): # Two elements, already sorted arr = [1, 2] expected = [1, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.12μs -> 2.88μs (43.5% faster) def test_sorter_two_elements_unsorted(): # Two elements, unsorted arr = [2, 1] expected = [1, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.00μs -> 2.88μs (39.1% faster) def test_sorter_negative_numbers(): # List with negative numbers arr = [-3, -1, -2, 0, 2] expected = [-3, -2, -1, 0, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.79μs -> 3.17μs (51.4% faster) def test_sorter_floats_and_integers(): # List with floats and integers arr = [3.2, 1, 4.5, 2.1, 2] expected = [1, 2, 2.1, 3.2, 4.5] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 7.29μs -> 3.88μs (88.2% faster) # ----------------------- # Edge Test Cases # ----------------------- def test_sorter_empty_list(): # Empty list arr = [] expected = [] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 3.62μs -> 2.75μs (31.8% faster) def test_sorter_large_negative_and_positive(): # Large negative and positive numbers arr = [9999999, -9999999, 0, 123456, -123456] expected = [-9999999, -123456, 0, 123456, 9999999] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 5.83μs -> 3.29μs (77.2% faster) def test_sorter_already_sorted_large_gap(): # Already sorted with large gaps arr = [-1000, 0, 1000, 10000, 100000] expected = [-1000, 0, 1000, 10000, 100000] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.88μs -> 3.33μs (46.3% faster) def test_sorter_strings(): # List of strings (alphabetical order) arr = ['banana', 'apple', 'cherry', 'date'] expected = ['apple', 'banana', 'cherry', 'date'] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 5.25μs -> 3.17μs (65.8% faster) def test_sorter_empty_strings(): # List with empty strings arr = ['', 'a', '', 'b'] expected = ['', '', 'a', 'b'] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.96μs -> 3.17μs (56.6% faster) def test_sorter_case_sensitive_strings(): # List with different cases arr = ['a', 'B', 'A', 'b'] expected = ['A', 'B', 'a', 'b'] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 4.79μs -> 3.04μs (57.6% faster) def test_sorter_unicode_strings(): # List with unicode strings arr = ['éclair', 'apple', 'Éclair', 'banana'] expected = ['Éclair', 'apple', 'banana', 'éclair'] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 6.17μs -> 3.42μs (80.5% faster) def test_sorter_mixed_types_raises(): # List with mixed types should raise TypeError arr = [1, 'a', 2] with pytest.raises(TypeError): sorter(arr.copy()) # 3.00μs -> 1.79μs (67.4% faster) def test_sorter_with_nan(): # List with float('nan'), should sort but nan stays at end (since nan != nan) arr = [1, float('nan'), 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.92μs -> 3.17μs (55.3% faster) def test_sorter_with_inf(): # List with float('inf') and -inf arr = [1, float('inf'), -float('inf'), 0] expected = [-float('inf'), 0, 1, float('inf')] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.83μs -> 3.33μs (45.0% faster) def test_sorter_with_mutable_elements(): # List of lists (should sort by first element of each sublist) arr = [[3, 1], [1, 2], [2, 3]] expected = [[1, 2], [2, 3], [3, 1]] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 5.12μs -> 3.58μs (43.0% faster) def test_sorter_with_none_raises(): # List with None should raise TypeError arr = [1, None, 2] with pytest.raises(TypeError): sorter(arr.copy()) # 2.50μs -> 1.88μs (33.3% faster) # ----------------------- # Large Scale Test Cases # ----------------------- def test_sorter_large_random_integers(): # Large list of random integers arr = random.sample(range(-10000, -9000), 1000) expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 27.6ms -> 60.8μs (45338% faster) def test_sorter_large_sorted(): # Large already sorted list arr = list(range(1000)) expected = list(range(1000)) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 18.4ms -> 29.5μs (62395% faster) def test_sorter_large_reverse_sorted(): # Large reverse sorted list arr = list(range(999, -1, -1)) expected = list(range(1000)) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 30.4ms -> 30.0μs (101087% faster) def test_sorter_large_duplicates(): # Large list with many duplicates arr = [random.choice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) for _ in range(1000)] expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 24.4ms -> 49.4μs (49280% faster) def test_sorter_large_strings(): # Large list of random strings arr = [''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=5)) for _ in range(1000)] expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 29.7ms -> 88.1μs (33555% faster) def test_sorter_large_floats(): # Large list of random floats arr = [random.uniform(-10000, 10000) for _ in range(1000)] expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 26.9ms -> 286μs (9275% faster) def test_sorter_large_all_equal(): # Large list where all elements are the same arr = [42] * 1000 expected = [42] * 1000 codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()) # 17.9ms -> 28.1μs (63604% faster) # ----------------------- # Additional Edge Cases # ----------------------- @pytest.mark.parametrize("arr,expected", [  ([0], [0]), # single zero  ([0, -1], [-1, 0]), # zero and negative  ([0, 1], [0, 1]), # zero and positive  ([float('inf'), float('-inf')], [float('-inf'), float('inf')]), # inf and -inf  ([float('nan'), 1], [1, float('nan')]), # nan and number ]) def test_sorter_additional_edge_cases(arr, expected): codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 20.7μs -> 15.5μs (33.7% faster) # For nan, can't use ==, so check string representation if any(isinstance(x, float) and str(x) == 'nan' for x in arr): pass else: pass # codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code. #------------------------------------------------ import random # used for generating large random lists import string # used for string sorting tests import sys # used for min/max int edge cases # imports import pytest # used for our unit tests from code_to_optimize.bubble_sort import sorter # unit tests # -------------------- Basic Test Cases -------------------- def test_sorter_sorted_integers(): # Already sorted list arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 6.04μs -> 3.12μs (93.3% faster) def test_sorter_unsorted_integers(): # Unsorted list of integers arr = [5, 2, 3, 1, 4] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 5.12μs -> 3.08μs (66.2% faster) def test_sorter_reverse_sorted(): # Reverse sorted list arr = [5, 4, 3, 2, 1] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.62μs -> 3.00μs (54.2% faster) def test_sorter_duplicates(): # List with duplicate values arr = [3, 1, 2, 3, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.33μs -> 3.08μs (40.5% faster) def test_sorter_negative_numbers(): # List with negative numbers arr = [0, -1, -3, 2, 1] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.42μs -> 3.17μs (39.5% faster) def test_sorter_floats(): # List with floats and integers arr = [1.2, 3.5, 2.1, 0.5, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 6.83μs -> 3.67μs (86.3% faster) def test_sorter_strings(): # List of strings arr = ["banana", "apple", "cherry", "date"] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.42μs -> 3.12μs (41.3% faster) def test_sorter_single_element(): # Single element list arr = [42] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 3.58μs -> 2.88μs (24.6% faster) def test_sorter_two_elements(): # Two element list, unsorted arr = [2, 1] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 3.75μs -> 2.75μs (36.4% faster) def test_sorter_two_elements_sorted(): # Two element list, already sorted arr = [1, 2] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 3.46μs -> 2.79μs (23.9% faster) # -------------------- Edge Test Cases -------------------- def test_sorter_empty_list(): # Empty list should return empty list arr = [] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 3.75μs -> 2.71μs (38.5% faster) def test_sorter_all_identical(): # All elements identical arr = [7, 7, 7, 7, 7] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 4.42μs -> 3.04μs (45.2% faster) def test_sorter_large_negative_positive(): # List with both large negative and large positive numbers arr = [sys.maxsize, -sys.maxsize-1, 0, 1, -1] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 6.21μs -> 3.25μs (91.0% faster) def test_sorter_strings_case_sensitive(): # Sorting is case-sensitive: uppercase comes before lowercase in ASCII arr = ["apple", "Banana", "banana", "Apple"] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 5.42μs -> 3.00μs (80.6% faster) def test_sorter_strings_with_special_chars(): # Strings with special characters arr = ["!exclaim", "#hash", "apple", "Banana"] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 5.17μs -> 3.25μs (59.0% faster) def test_sorter_mixed_types_raises(): # List with mixed types (should raise TypeError) arr = [1, "two", 3] with pytest.raises(TypeError): sorter(arr.copy()) # 3.00μs -> 1.96μs (53.1% faster) def test_sorter_nested_lists_raises(): # List with nested lists (should raise TypeError) arr = [1, [2, 3], 4] with pytest.raises(TypeError): sorter(arr.copy()) # 2.71μs -> 1.79μs (51.1% faster) def test_sorter_nan_inf(): # List with float('nan') and float('inf') arr = [float('nan'), 1, float('inf'), -float('inf'), 0] # Sorting with nan will always place nan at the end in Python's sort codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 6.62μs -> 3.58μs (84.9% faster) def test_sorter_unicode_strings(): # Unicode strings arr = ["café", "banana", "ápple", "apple"] codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 6.38μs -> 3.38μs (88.9% faster) def test_sorter_mutation(): # Ensure the function mutates the list in-place arr = [3, 2, 1] sorter(arr) # 4.62μs -> 3.00μs (54.2% faster) # -------------------- Large Scale Test Cases -------------------- def test_sorter_large_random_integers(): # Large list of random integers arr = random.sample(range(-10000, -9000), 1000) expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 27.7ms -> 60.3μs (45847% faster) def test_sorter_large_sorted(): # Already sorted large list arr = list(range(1000)) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 18.5ms -> 29.5μs (62440% faster) def test_sorter_large_reverse_sorted(): # Large reverse sorted list arr = list(range(999, -1, -1)) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 30.6ms -> 29.2μs (104973% faster) def test_sorter_large_duplicates(): # Large list with many duplicates arr = [random.choice([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]) for _ in range(1000)] expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 24.6ms -> 49.2μs (49762% faster) def test_sorter_large_strings(): # Large list of random strings arr = [''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters, k=5)) for _ in range(1000)] expected = sorted(arr) codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 29.6ms -> 90.8μs (32535% faster) def test_sorter_large_all_identical(): # Large list with all identical elements arr = [42] * 1000 codeflash_output = sorter(arr.copy()); result = codeflash_output # 17.8ms -> 27.5μs (64790% faster) # 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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