⚡️ Speed up function removesuffix by 5%

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📄 5% (0.05x) speedup for removesuffix in keras/src/utils/python_utils.py

⏱️ Runtime : 69.5 microseconds → 66.1 microseconds (best of 224 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization eliminates a redundant len(suffix) call by computing it once and storing the result. In the original code, len(suffix) was called twice when a suffix exists and matches: once in the conditional check and again when slicing the string. The optimized version calculates suffix_len = len(suffix) upfront and reuses this value.

The restructured control flow also avoids calling x.endswith(suffix) when the suffix is empty (length 0), since an empty suffix would never match anyway. This provides a small performance benefit for empty suffix cases.

Based on the test results, the optimization shows consistent improvements across most scenarios:

• Best gains (10-15% faster) occur with longer suffixes that actually match and get removed, where the double len() call elimination has the most impact
• Modest gains (3-8% faster) for typical suffix removal cases
• Minimal impact on edge cases like empty suffixes or non-matching cases

Given the function references, this optimization is particularly valuable since removesuffix is called within layer building operations in Keras, specifically for processing argument names with _shape suffixes. In neural network frameworks, layer building can happen frequently during model construction, making even small optimizations worthwhile in the aggregate.

The 5% overall speedup may seem modest, but for a utility function that's likely called many times during model setup and potentially in training loops, this optimization provides measurable performance benefits without any change to the API or behavior.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 109 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 keras.src.utils.python_utils import removesuffix

# unit tests

# =======================
# BASIC TEST CASES
# =======================

def test_basic_remove_existing_suffix():
    # Removes a simple suffix
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "bar") # 912ns -> 878ns (3.87% faster)
    # Suffix at end only is removed
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testcase", "case") # 432ns -> 373ns (15.8% faster)
    # Suffix is the entire string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello", "hello") # 332ns -> 309ns (7.44% faster)
    # Suffix is a single character
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc", "c") # 320ns -> 326ns (1.84% slower)
    # Suffix is not present
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "baz") # 272ns -> 264ns (3.03% faster)

def test_basic_empty_suffix():
    # Suffix is empty string, should return input unchanged
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "") # 473ns -> 461ns (2.60% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "") # 247ns -> 219ns (12.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("a", "") # 165ns -> 173ns (4.62% slower)

def test_basic_empty_string():
    # String is empty, suffix is non-empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "foo") # 660ns -> 655ns (0.763% faster)
    # Both string and suffix empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "") # 276ns -> 272ns (1.47% faster)

def test_basic_suffix_not_at_end():
    # Suffix is present but not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("barfoo", "foo") # 901ns -> 847ns (6.38% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foofoobar", "foo") # 373ns -> 361ns (3.32% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobarfoo", "bar") # 220ns -> 221ns (0.452% slower)

# =======================
# EDGE TEST CASES
# =======================

def test_edge_suffix_longer_than_string():
    # Suffix longer than string: should return string unchanged
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo", "foobar") # 652ns -> 601ns (8.49% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "foobar") # 295ns -> 297ns (0.673% slower)

def test_edge_suffix_is_whitespace():
    # Suffix is whitespace
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello ", " ") # 945ns -> 900ns (5.00% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello", " ") # 341ns -> 371ns (8.09% slower)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(" ", " ") # 381ns -> 337ns (13.1% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_special_characters():
    # Suffix is special characters
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc$%^", "$%^") # 911ns -> 844ns (7.94% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc$%^", "^") # 446ns -> 435ns (2.53% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc$%^", "&") # 280ns -> 282ns (0.709% slower)

def test_edge_suffix_is_unicode():
    # Suffix is unicode
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("café", "é") # 1.10μs -> 1.02μs (7.71% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("добрый", "й") # 731ns -> 716ns (2.09% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("你好世界", "世界") # 423ns -> 419ns (0.955% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_multiple_occurrences():
    # Suffix occurs multiple times, only the last is removed
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testtest", "test") # 906ns -> 845ns (7.22% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testtesttest", "test") # 459ns -> 393ns (16.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("aaaaa", "a") # 320ns -> 318ns (0.629% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_substring_of_suffix():
    # Suffix is a substring of the end of the string, but not a full match
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testing", "ingg") # 649ns -> 639ns (1.56% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testingg", "ingg") # 584ns -> 551ns (5.99% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_none_or_non_str():
    # Suffix is None or non-str: should raise TypeError
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        removesuffix("foobar", None)
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        removesuffix("foobar", 123)
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        removesuffix(123, "bar")
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        removesuffix(None, "bar")

def test_edge_suffix_is_empty_and_string_is_empty():
    # Both empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "") # 630ns -> 607ns (3.79% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_same_as_string():
    # Suffix is exactly the string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc", "abc") # 1.08μs -> 1.00μs (8.29% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_partial_match_at_end():
    # Only part of suffix matches at end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "ar") # 997ns -> 974ns (2.36% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "bar") # 395ns -> 393ns (0.509% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "foo") # 312ns -> 295ns (5.76% faster)

def test_edge_suffix_is_overlapping():
    # Suffix overlaps with itself in string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("aaaaaa", "aaa") # 929ns -> 900ns (3.22% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("aaaaaa", "aaaa") # 353ns -> 325ns (8.62% faster)

# =======================
# LARGE SCALE TEST CASES
# =======================

def test_large_scale_long_string_suffix():
    # Large string, suffix at end
    long_str = "a" * 1000 + "END"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(long_str, "END") # 1.30μs -> 1.19μs (8.82% faster)
    # Suffix not present
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(long_str, "XYZ") # 300ns -> 330ns (9.09% slower)

def test_large_scale_long_suffix():
    # Suffix almost as long as string
    s = "x" * 999 + "y"
    suffix = "x" * 999 + "y"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 1.30μs -> 1.13μs (14.6% faster)
    # Suffix longer than string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("short", "x" * 1000) # 332ns -> 347ns (4.32% slower)

def test_large_scale_repeated_pattern():
    # String is repeated pattern, suffix is one repetition
    s = "abc" * 333 + "xyz"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "xyz") # 1.20μs -> 1.20μs (0.250% faster)
    # Suffix is multiple repetitions
    s2 = "abc" * 333 + "xyzxyz"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s2, "xyzxyz") # 679ns -> 591ns (14.9% faster)

def test_large_scale_suffix_at_start_not_end():
    # Suffix at start, not end
    s = "START" + "a" * 995
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "START") # 736ns -> 714ns (3.08% faster)

def test_large_scale_empty_suffix_on_long_string():
    # Empty suffix, long string
    s = "x" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "") # 465ns -> 472ns (1.48% slower)

def test_large_scale_all_same_char():
    # String and suffix are all same character
    s = "z" * 1000
    suffix = "z" * 500
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 1.37μs -> 1.19μs (15.7% faster)
    # Suffix is not present (different char)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "y" * 500) # 378ns -> 383ns (1.31% slower)

def test_large_scale_unicode():
    # Large string with unicode suffix
    s = "α" * 999 + "β"
    suffix = "β"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 1.68μs -> 1.58μs (6.01% faster)

def test_large_scale_multiple_suffixes():
    # Suffix occurs multiple times, only last is removed
    s = "foo" * 333 + "bar"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "bar") # 1.19μs -> 1.16μs (2.41% faster)
    s2 = "foo" * 333 + "barbar"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s2, "barbar") # 726ns -> 640ns (13.4% 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 keras.src.utils.python_utils import removesuffix

# unit tests

# --------------------- BASIC TEST CASES ---------------------

def test_removesuffix_basic_removal():
    # Suffix is present at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "bar") # 935ns -> 847ns (10.4% faster)
    # Suffix is not present
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "baz") # 387ns -> 385ns (0.519% faster)
    # Suffix is empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "") # 223ns -> 226ns (1.33% slower)
    # Suffix is the entire string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "foobar") # 454ns -> 410ns (10.7% faster)
    # Suffix is a single character at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello!", "!") # 353ns -> 345ns (2.32% faster)
    # Suffix is a single character not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello!", "?") # 236ns -> 245ns (3.67% slower)

def test_removesuffix_basic_unicode():
    # Suffix is a unicode character at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("café", "é") # 1.06μs -> 1.01μs (5.67% faster)
    # Suffix is a unicode string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("добрыйдень", "день") # 770ns -> 705ns (9.22% faster)
    # Suffix is not present (unicode)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("добрыйдень", "ночи") # 340ns -> 304ns (11.8% faster)

def test_removesuffix_basic_empty_string():
    # Both string and suffix are empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "") # 490ns -> 461ns (6.29% faster)
    # String is empty, suffix is non-empty
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "abc") # 468ns -> 475ns (1.47% slower)

# --------------------- EDGE TEST CASES ---------------------

def test_removesuffix_suffix_longer_than_string():
    # Suffix is longer than the string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo", "foobar") # 657ns -> 626ns (4.95% faster)
    # Suffix is much longer than the string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("a", "longsuffix") # 310ns -> 301ns (2.99% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_substring_but_not_suffix():
    # Suffix occurs in the string, but not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("banana", "an") # 661ns -> 635ns (4.09% faster)
    # Suffix is a substring, but not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("mississippi", "iss") # 313ns -> 325ns (3.69% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_empty():
    # Suffix is empty, should return original string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc", "") # 487ns -> 454ns (7.27% faster)
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("", "") # 253ns -> 229ns (10.5% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_space():
    # Suffix is a space at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello ", " ") # 964ns -> 874ns (10.3% faster)
    # Suffix is a space not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello world", " ") # 345ns -> 394ns (12.4% slower)

def test_removesuffix_string_and_suffix_are_identical():
    # String and suffix are identical
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abc", "abc") # 868ns -> 899ns (3.45% slower)
    # String and suffix are identical, but suffix is repeated
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abcabc", "abcabc") # 495ns -> 509ns (2.75% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_multiple_characters():
    # Suffix is multiple characters at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testing123", "123") # 914ns -> 860ns (6.28% faster)
    # Suffix is multiple characters not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("testing123", "test") # 354ns -> 383ns (7.57% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_special_characters():
    # Suffix is special character at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello!", "!") # 914ns -> 861ns (6.16% faster)
    # Suffix is special character not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello!", "?") # 374ns -> 382ns (2.09% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_newline():
    # Suffix is newline at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello\n", "\n") # 880ns -> 858ns (2.56% faster)
    # Suffix is newline not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("hello\nworld", "\n") # 359ns -> 384ns (6.51% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_null_char():
    # Suffix is null character at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo\0", "\0") # 865ns -> 814ns (6.27% faster)
    # Suffix is null character not at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo\0bar", "\0") # 367ns -> 353ns (3.97% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_partial_overlap():
    # Suffix partially overlaps with end of string
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobarbaz", "barbaz") # 935ns -> 935ns (0.000% faster)
    # Suffix partially overlaps but not at end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobarbaz", "bazbar") # 371ns -> 362ns (2.49% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_repeated():
    # Suffix is repeated at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abcabcabc", "abc") # 918ns -> 876ns (4.79% faster)
    # Suffix is repeated but only last occurrence is removed
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("abcabcabc", "abcabc") # 471ns -> 474ns (0.633% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_case_sensitive():
    # Suffix is same letters, different case
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "BAR") # 637ns -> 653ns (2.45% slower)
    # Suffix matches only if case matches
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foobar", "bar") # 638ns -> 572ns (11.5% faster)

# --------------------- LARGE SCALE TEST CASES ---------------------

def test_removesuffix_large_string_and_suffix():
    # Large string, suffix present
    s = "a" * 999 + "END"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "END") # 1.31μs -> 1.21μs (8.38% faster)
    # Large string, suffix not present
    s = "b" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "END") # 400ns -> 371ns (7.82% faster)
    # Large suffix, exactly matches end
    s = "x" * 500 + "y" * 500
    suffix = "y" * 500
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 924ns -> 687ns (34.5% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_suffix_longer_than_string():
    # Suffix longer than string, should not remove
    s = "short"
    suffix = "a" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 733ns -> 659ns (11.2% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_suffix_partial_match():
    # Suffix partially matches end of string, but not full
    s = "a" * 998 + "bc"
    suffix = "abc"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, suffix) # 1.22μs -> 1.18μs (3.14% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_string_suffix_is_whole_string():
    # Suffix is the whole string, should return empty string
    s = "z" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, s) # 1.19μs -> 1.08μs (9.40% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_string_suffix_is_empty():
    # Suffix is empty, should return original string
    s = "x" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "") # 480ns -> 495ns (3.03% slower)

def test_removesuffix_large_string_suffix_is_single_char():
    # Suffix is single character at the end
    s = "a" * 999 + "z"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "z") # 1.27μs -> 1.24μs (2.50% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_string_suffix_not_present():
    # Suffix is not present
    s = "a" * 1000
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "b") # 671ns -> 642ns (4.52% faster)

def test_removesuffix_large_string_suffix_is_special_char():
    # Suffix is special character at the end of large string
    s = "x" * 999 + "!"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "!") # 1.32μs -> 1.17μs (13.3% faster)

# --------------------- ADDITIONAL EDGE CASES ---------------------

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_whitespace():
    # Suffix is whitespace at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo ", " ") # 952ns -> 857ns (11.1% faster)
    # Suffix is tab at the end
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo\t", "\t") # 405ns -> 363ns (11.6% faster)
    # Suffix is multiple whitespace
    codeflash_output = removesuffix("foo   ", "   ") # 302ns -> 327ns (7.65% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_multiple_null_chars():
    # Suffix is multiple null chars at the end
    s = "abc\0\0"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "\0\0") # 895ns -> 854ns (4.80% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_non_ascii():
    # Suffix is non-ascii at the end
    s = "helloπ"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "π") # 1.22μs -> 1.11μs (10.1% faster)
    # Suffix is emoji at the end
    s = "goodbye🙂"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "🙂") # 721ns -> 770ns (6.36% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_combining_char():
    # Suffix is combining character at the end
    s = "e\u0301"  # é as e + combining acute
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "\u0301") # 964ns -> 959ns (0.521% faster)
    # Suffix is combining character not at the end
    s = "e\u0301e"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "\u0301") # 414ns -> 399ns (3.76% faster)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_number():
    # Suffix is number at the end
    s = "item42"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "42") # 929ns -> 832ns (11.7% faster)
    # Suffix is number not at the end
    s = "42item"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "42") # 381ns -> 399ns (4.51% slower)

def test_removesuffix_suffix_is_multiple_types():
    # Suffix is mix of letters, numbers, and symbols
    s = "foo123!@#"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "123!@#") # 967ns -> 972ns (0.514% slower)
    # Suffix is mix but not at end
    s = "foo123!@#bar"
    codeflash_output = removesuffix(s, "123!@#") # 366ns -> 398ns (8.04% slower)
# 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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