⚡️ Speed up function command_exists by 5%

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📄 5% (0.05x) speedup for command_exists in skyvern/cli/database.py

⏱️ Runtime : 32.7 milliseconds → 31.0 milliseconds (best of 136 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization applies attribute lookup localization by caching shutil.which in a local variable before calling it. This eliminates the need to traverse the module attribute lookup path (shutil.which) on every function call.

Key changes:

• Added which = shutil.which to create a local reference to the function
• Changed the return statement to use the local which variable instead of shutil.which

Why it's faster:
In Python, local variable access is significantly faster than attribute lookups. Each time shutil.which is accessed, Python must:

1. Look up the shutil module in the global namespace
2. Look up the which attribute within that module

By storing the function reference locally, we eliminate this lookup overhead on every call.

Performance impact:
The optimization shows consistent 1-6% improvements across all test cases, with particularly strong gains (4-6%) for commands with special characters or unicode. The line profiler confirms the attribute lookup now takes only 0.4% of execution time compared to the function call itself.

Workload relevance:
Based on the function references, command_exists is called multiple times during PostgreSQL and Docker setup operations in critical paths like is_postgres_running(), is_docker_running(), and setup_postgresql(). Since these functions are part of database initialization workflows that may be called frequently during development or deployment, even small optimizations compound meaningfully.

Test case benefits:
The optimization performs best with batch operations (5-6% speedup in large-scale tests with 100-1000 calls), making it particularly valuable for the setup workflows where multiple command existence checks occur sequentially.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 2177 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import random
# function to test
# python:skyvern/cli/database.py
import shutil
import string

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from skyvern.cli.database import command_exists

# unit tests

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

def test_existing_command_unix():
    # On most Unix systems, 'ls' should exist
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls') # 26.1μs -> 25.6μs (2.11% faster)

def test_existing_command_windows():
    # On Windows, 'cmd' should exist
    codeflash_output = command_exists('cmd') # 25.4μs -> 24.8μs (2.40% faster)

def test_nonexistent_command():
    # A random string is unlikely to be a valid command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('this_command_should_not_exist_123456') # 24.4μs -> 24.1μs (1.07% faster)

def test_empty_string():
    # Empty string should not be a valid command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('') # 39.8μs -> 39.1μs (1.77% faster)

def test_command_with_spaces():
    # Commands with spaces should not exist
    codeflash_output = command_exists('not a real command') # 24.9μs -> 24.0μs (3.71% faster)

def test_existing_command_with_path():
    # If given a full path to an existing executable, should return True
    # Use shutil.which to get the path of 'python' (or 'python3'), then test that path
    python_path = shutil.which('python') or shutil.which('python3')
    if python_path:
        codeflash_output = command_exists(python_path) # 7.39μs -> 7.30μs (1.18% faster)
    else:
        pytest.skip("Python executable not found with shutil.which")

def test_existing_command_with_extension():
    # On Windows, executables may have .exe extension
    if shutil.which('cmd.exe'):
        codeflash_output = command_exists('cmd.exe')

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

def test_command_with_special_characters():
    # Special characters should not be valid commands
    codeflash_output = command_exists('!@#$%^&*()') # 23.6μs -> 23.1μs (2.33% faster)

def test_command_with_unicode():
    # Unicode characters unlikely to be valid commands
    codeflash_output = command_exists('命令不存在') # 25.0μs -> 23.9μs (4.48% faster)

def test_command_with_newline():
    # Newline in command name should not be valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls\n') # 23.8μs -> 22.7μs (4.89% faster)

def test_command_with_tab():
    # Tab in command name should not be valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls\t') # 23.2μs -> 22.3μs (3.88% faster)

def test_command_with_leading_and_trailing_spaces():
    # Leading/trailing spaces should not match a command
    codeflash_output = command_exists(' ls ') # 23.4μs -> 22.6μs (3.32% faster)

def test_command_with_only_spaces():
    # Only spaces should not be a valid command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('   ') # 23.0μs -> 22.6μs (1.59% faster)

def test_command_case_sensitivity():
    # On Unix, command names are case sensitive
    # 'LS' should not exist if 'ls' exists
    if command_exists('ls'):
        codeflash_output = command_exists('LS') # 18.9μs -> 18.3μs (3.27% faster)

def test_command_with_dot_slash():
    # Relative path to an executable (if it exists)
    # This is tricky: if './ls' exists, it should be found, but usually it does not
    codeflash_output = command_exists('./ls') # 7.25μs -> 7.11μs (1.97% faster)

def test_command_with_env_variable():
    # Command with environment variable should not be found as is
    codeflash_output = command_exists('$HOME') # 23.3μs -> 22.5μs (3.55% faster)

def test_command_with_long_name():
    # Extremely long command name should not exist
    long_name = 'a' * 256
    codeflash_output = command_exists(long_name) # 32.9μs -> 32.2μs (2.14% faster)

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

def test_many_nonexistent_commands():
    # Test a large number of random strings that should not exist as commands
    for i in range(100):
        random_str = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=20))
        codeflash_output = command_exists(random_str) # 1.70ms -> 1.61ms (5.45% faster)

def test_many_existing_commands():
    # Test a list of common commands; at least some should exist on most systems
    # We only assert True if which finds them, otherwise we skip
    common_commands = [
        'python', 'python3', 'ls', 'echo', 'cd', 'mkdir', 'rmdir', 'touch', 'cat', 'grep',
        'pwd', 'which', 'find', 'sort', 'head', 'tail', 'cp', 'mv', 'rm', 'date', 'whoami',
        'hostname', 'uname', 'chmod', 'chown', 'curl', 'wget', 'git', 'tar', 'zip', 'unzip',
        'ssh', 'scp', 'ping', 'top', 'ps', 'kill', 'man', 'nano', 'vim', 'emacs'
    ]
    found_at_least_one = False
    for cmd in common_commands:
        if shutil.which(cmd):
            found_at_least_one = True
            codeflash_output = command_exists(cmd)
    if not found_at_least_one:
        pytest.skip("No common commands found on this system.")

def test_command_exists_idempotency():
    # Calling command_exists multiple times should yield the same result
    cmd = 'python'
    codeflash_output = command_exists(cmd); result1 = codeflash_output # 16.4μs -> 16.4μs (0.389% slower)
    codeflash_output = command_exists(cmd); result2 = codeflash_output # 6.48μs -> 6.40μs (1.23% faster)

import random
import shutil
import string

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from skyvern.cli.database import command_exists

# unit tests

# ------------------------------
# Basic Test Cases
# ------------------------------

def test_existing_command_ls():
    # 'ls' is present on most Unix systems
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls') # 22.9μs -> 22.4μs (1.98% faster)

def test_nonexistent_command():
    # Random string unlikely to be a command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('this_command_does_not_exist_12345') # 25.7μs -> 25.2μs (2.11% faster)

def test_empty_string_command():
    # Empty string should never be a valid command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('') # 39.8μs -> 39.1μs (1.66% faster)

def test_existing_command_echo():
    # 'echo' is present on most systems
    codeflash_output = command_exists('echo') # 19.9μs -> 19.8μs (0.637% faster)

def test_existing_command_with_path():
    # Absolute path to a command should work if the file exists and is executable
    # Use 'shutil.which' to get the path to 'ls'
    ls_path = shutil.which('ls')
    if ls_path:
        codeflash_output = command_exists(ls_path) # 6.11μs -> 6.08μs (0.626% faster)

def test_nonexistent_command_with_path():
    # Nonexistent absolute path
    codeflash_output = command_exists('/not/a/real/path/to/command') # 6.90μs -> 6.73μs (2.48% faster)

# ------------------------------
# Edge Test Cases
# ------------------------------

def test_command_with_spaces():
    # Command name with spaces is not valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls -l') # 24.3μs -> 23.8μs (1.99% faster)

def test_command_with_special_characters():
    # Command name with special characters is not valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('!@#$%^&*()') # 23.5μs -> 23.2μs (1.26% faster)

def test_command_with_newline():
    # Command name with newline is not valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls\n') # 23.5μs -> 23.0μs (2.01% faster)

def test_command_with_tab():
    # Command name with tab is not valid
    codeflash_output = command_exists('ls\t') # 23.2μs -> 23.0μs (1.10% faster)

def test_command_with_unicode():
    # Unlikely unicode command
    codeflash_output = command_exists('πython') # 24.8μs -> 23.6μs (4.83% faster)

def test_command_with_dot_slash():
    # './ls' should only work if 'ls' is in current directory and executable
    codeflash_output = command_exists('./ls') # 7.27μs -> 7.18μs (1.18% faster)

def test_command_with_relative_path():
    # 'bin/ls' should only work if 'bin/ls' is in $PATH
    codeflash_output = command_exists('bin/ls') # 6.43μs -> 6.67μs (3.51% slower)

def test_command_with_leading_trailing_spaces():
    # Leading/trailing spaces should not affect result
    codeflash_output = command_exists('  ls  ') # 23.6μs -> 23.7μs (0.139% slower)

def test_command_case_sensitivity():
    # Most commands are case-sensitive
    codeflash_output = command_exists('LS') # 24.5μs -> 23.5μs (4.24% faster)

def test_command_with_env_var():
    # Command with environment variable should not resolve
    codeflash_output = command_exists('$HOME') # 23.7μs -> 23.0μs (2.85% faster)

# ------------------------------
# Large Scale Test Cases
# ------------------------------

def test_large_batch_of_nonexistent_commands():
    # Generate 1000 random strings, none of which should exist as commands
    for i in range(1000):
        rand_str = ''.join(random.choices(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, k=16))
        codeflash_output = command_exists(rand_str) # 16.7ms -> 15.8ms (6.06% faster)

def test_large_batch_of_existing_commands():
    # Test a batch of common commands, at least some should exist
    # If none exist, skip the test (to avoid false failure on minimal systems)
    common_commands = [
        'ls', 'echo', 'cat', 'pwd', 'cp', 'mv', 'grep', 'find', 'chmod', 'chown',
        'mkdir', 'rmdir', 'touch', 'head', 'tail', 'sort', 'uniq', 'cut', 'awk', 'sed',
        'python', 'python3', 'bash', 'sh', 'zsh', 'curl', 'wget', 'tar', 'zip', 'unzip'
    ]
    found_any = False
    for cmd in common_commands:
        if command_exists(cmd):
            found_any = True
            break

def test_performance_large_number_of_calls():
    # Call command_exists 1000 times and ensure it completes quickly
    # Use a mix of existing and non-existing commands
    import time
    commands = ['ls', 'echo', 'cat', 'notarealcommand', 'anotherfakecmd']
    start = time.time()
    for i in range(1000):
        command_exists(commands[i % len(commands)]) # 13.1ms -> 12.5ms (4.73% faster)
    duration = time.time() - start

# ------------------------------
# Additional Edge Cases
# ------------------------------

def test_command_is_none():
    # None is not a valid command, should raise TypeError
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        command_exists(None) # 2.44μs -> 2.34μs (4.49% faster)

def test_command_is_integer():
    # Integer is not a valid command, should raise TypeError
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        command_exists(123) # 1.72μs -> 1.67μs (3.06% faster)

def test_command_is_list():
    # List is not a valid command, should raise TypeError
    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
        command_exists(['ls']) # 1.75μs -> 1.70μs (2.59% faster)

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