⚡️ Speed up function dict_equiv by 31%
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📄 31% (0.31x) speedup for
dict_equivinxarray/core/utils.py⏱️ Runtime :
8.61 milliseconds→6.56 milliseconds(best of19runs)📝 Explanation and details
The optimization implements an early length check to avoid the expensive second iteration in dictionary equivalence testing.
Key optimization: Instead of checking
all(k in first for k in second)after the main loop, the code now performsif len(first) != len(second): return Falseat the beginning. This single O(1) length comparison eliminates the need for a full O(n) iteration through the second dictionary's keys when the dictionaries have different sizes.Why this is faster: The original implementation always performed two passes - first checking values for matching keys, then verifying all keys in the second dict exist in the first. The optimized version leverages the mathematical property that two dictionaries are equivalent if and only if they have the same length AND all key-value pairs in the first dictionary match those in the second.
Performance gains by test case type:
Impact on xarray workloads: Based on the function reference showing
dict_equivused in dataset concatenation for comparing global attributes, this optimization will significantly improve performance when concatenating datasets with different attribute sets - a common scenario where the length check provides immediate rejection without expensive key-by-key comparison.✅ Correctness verification report:
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests and Runtime
test_utils.py::TestDictionaries.test_dict_equiv🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime
⏪ Replay Tests and Runtime
test_pytest_xarrayteststest_concat_py_xarrayteststest_computation_py_xarrayteststest_formatting_py_xarray__replay_test_0.py::test_xarray_core_utils_dict_equivTo edit these changes
git checkout codeflash/optimize-dict_equiv-mj9uezxvand push.