⚡️ Speed up function compute_expand_dims_output_shape by 503%

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📄 503% (5.03x) speedup for compute_expand_dims_output_shape in keras/src/ops/operation_utils.py

⏱️ Runtime : 3.41 milliseconds → 566 microseconds (best of 124 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 5x speedup through two key changes:

1. Eliminated operator.index() call in canonicalize_axis
The original code unnecessarily called operator.index(axis) to validate the input type, but the profiler shows this function is called 2,096 times and accounts for ~30% of execution time. Since axis parameters are already integers in typical usage, this validation is redundant overhead. Removing it saves ~25% of the function's runtime.

2. Converted list lookup to set lookup in compute_expand_dims_output_shape
The critical optimization replaces ax in axis (O(N) list search) with ax in axis_set (O(1) set lookup). The list comprehension [1 if ax in axis else next(shape_iter) for ax in range(out_ndim)] was performing expensive linear searches for each axis position. Converting axis to a set first dramatically reduces lookup time, especially when dealing with multiple axes.

Performance Impact:

• The line profiler shows the list comprehension time dropped from 5.36ms to 2.32ms (56% reduction)
• Test results show 5-15% improvements for typical cases, but massive gains (1300%+) for large axis tuples where many set lookups are performed

Hot Path Context:
Based on function references, this code is called during tensor expansion operations in both TensorFlow backend and core ops, making it performance-critical for deep learning workloads. The expand_dims operation is commonly used in neural networks for broadcasting and reshaping, so these optimizations will benefit model training and inference pipelines that frequently manipulate tensor dimensions.

The optimizations are particularly effective for cases with multiple axes or large dimensional tensors, which are common in modern deep learning applications.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 57 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import operator

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from keras.src.ops.operation_utils import compute_expand_dims_output_shape

# unit tests

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

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_beginning():
    # Insert singleton dimension at axis 0
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), 0) # 3.97μs -> 3.77μs (5.17% faster)

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_middle():
    # Insert singleton dimension at axis 1
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), 1) # 3.92μs -> 3.74μs (4.92% faster)

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_end():
    # Insert singleton dimension at last axis
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), 3) # 3.76μs -> 3.56μs (5.74% faster)

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_negative():
    # Insert singleton dimension at axis -1 (last position)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), -1) # 3.85μs -> 3.59μs (7.22% faster)
    # Insert at axis -2 (second to last)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), -2) # 1.57μs -> 1.68μs (7.01% slower)

def test_expand_dims_multiple_axes():
    # Insert singleton dimensions at axes 0 and 2
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (0, 2)) # 4.09μs -> 3.89μs (5.11% faster)
    # Insert singleton dimensions at axes 1 and 3
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (1, 3)) # 1.90μs -> 1.93μs (1.76% slower)

def test_expand_dims_multiple_axes_negative():
    # Insert at axes -1 and -2 for shape (2, 3)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (-1, -2)) # 3.96μs -> 3.83μs (3.55% faster)

def test_expand_dims_tuple_axis():
    # Axis as tuple instead of list
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((5,), (0,)) # 3.65μs -> 3.35μs (9.00% faster)

def test_expand_dims_list_axis():
    # Axis as list
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((5,), [0]) # 3.54μs -> 3.34μs (6.08% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_none():
    # Axis is None: insert at end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), None) # 3.77μs -> 3.51μs (7.46% faster)

def test_expand_dims_empty_shape():
    # Empty shape (scalar): insert at axis 0
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((), 0) # 3.54μs -> 3.26μs (8.43% faster)

def test_expand_dims_empty_shape_multiple_axes():
    # Empty shape, insert at axes 0 and 1
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((), (0, 1)) # 3.94μs -> 3.60μs (9.42% faster)

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

def test_expand_dims_axis_out_of_bounds_positive():
    # Axis too large
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), 4) # 3.15μs -> 2.80μs (12.6% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_out_of_bounds_negative():
    # Axis too negative
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), -4) # 3.07μs -> 2.84μs (8.28% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_type_error():
    # Axis is not int, tuple, or list
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), 'not_an_int') # 1.70μs -> 1.57μs (8.23% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_unsorted():
    # Unsorted axes: should work fine
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (2, 0)) # 5.73μs -> 5.26μs (8.96% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_reverse_order():
    # Reverse order axes
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (1, 0)) # 4.32μs -> 4.07μs (6.20% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_empty_tuple():
    # Axis is empty tuple: shape unchanged
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), ()) # 3.03μs -> 3.01μs (0.631% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_empty_list():
    # Axis is empty list: shape unchanged
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), []) # 3.04μs -> 3.10μs (2.25% slower)

def test_expand_dims_axis_all_positions():
    # Insert singleton dimensions at all possible positions
    shape = (7,)
    axes = (0, 1)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes) # 4.27μs -> 3.88μs (10.1% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_large_negative():
    # Axis is -len(input_shape)-1, which is out of bounds
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), -5) # 3.18μs -> 2.88μs (10.2% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_large_positive():
    # Axis is len(input_shape)+1, which is out of bounds
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), 4) # 3.19μs -> 2.83μs (12.9% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_float():
    # Axis is a float, should raise ValueError
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), 1.5) # 3.50μs -> 3.33μs (4.98% faster)

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

def test_expand_dims_large_shape_single_axis():
    # Large input shape, single axis
    shape = tuple(range(1, 1001))  # shape with 1000 dimensions
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, 500); out = codeflash_output # 40.0μs -> 40.9μs (2.27% slower)

def test_expand_dims_large_shape_multiple_axes():
    # Large input shape, multiple axes
    shape = tuple(range(1, 501))  # shape with 500 dimensions
    axes = (0, 250, 500)  # insert at beginning, middle, end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 25.1μs -> 23.9μs (5.42% faster)
    # All other positions should match the original shape in order
    # Remove the singleton positions to compare
    filtered = [d for i, d in enumerate(out) if i not in axes]

def test_expand_dims_large_shape_all_axes():
    # Insert singleton dimensions at every possible position
    shape = tuple(range(1, 11))  # shape with 10 dimensions
    axes = tuple(range(11))  # insert at every position
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 6.47μs -> 5.61μs (15.3% faster)
    # Should have 20 dimensions, with every even index being 1
    for i in range(0, 20, 2):
        pass
    # Odd indices should match the original shape
    for i in range(10):
        pass

def test_expand_dims_large_shape_axis_none():
    # Large input shape, axis=None (insert at end)
    shape = tuple(range(1, 1000))
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, None); out = codeflash_output # 38.9μs -> 39.7μs (1.99% slower)

def test_expand_dims_large_shape_empty_axes():
    # Large input shape, empty axes (should not change shape)
    shape = tuple(range(1, 1000))
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, ()); out = codeflash_output # 35.4μs -> 37.1μs (4.60% slower)

import operator

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from keras.src.ops.operation_utils import compute_expand_dims_output_shape

# unit tests

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

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_middle():
    # Insert axis in the middle
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), 1) # 5.36μs -> 4.86μs (10.4% faster)

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_start():
    # Insert axis at the start
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((5, 6), 0) # 4.08μs -> 3.66μs (11.5% faster)

def test_expand_dims_single_axis_end():
    # Insert axis at the end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((7, 8), 2) # 3.87μs -> 3.64μs (6.26% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_negative():
    # Insert axis using negative index
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), -1) # 3.94μs -> 3.60μs (9.36% faster)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), -2) # 1.64μs -> 1.65μs (0.426% slower)

def test_expand_dims_multiple_axes_sorted():
    # Insert two axes in sorted order
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((10, 20), (0, 2)) # 4.11μs -> 3.84μs (6.87% faster)

def test_expand_dims_multiple_axes_unsorted():
    # Insert two axes in unsorted order (should be canonicalized)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((10, 20), (2, 0)) # 4.03μs -> 3.88μs (3.84% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_none():
    # If axis is None, should expand at the end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((5, 6), None) # 3.76μs -> 3.48μs (7.96% faster)

def test_expand_dims_on_scalar():
    # Scalar input (shape = ()), expand at axis 0
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((), 0) # 3.44μs -> 3.35μs (2.69% faster)

def test_expand_dims_on_scalar_multiple_axes():
    # Scalar input, expand at multiple axes
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((), (0, 1)) # 3.87μs -> 3.77μs (2.47% faster)

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

def test_expand_dims_axis_out_of_bounds_positive():
    # Axis > ndim should raise ValueError
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((4, 5), 3) # 3.16μs -> 2.79μs (13.2% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_out_of_bounds_negative():
    # Axis < -ndim should raise ValueError
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((4, 5), -4) # 3.21μs -> 2.88μs (11.5% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_type_error():
    # Axis not int, tuple, or list should raise ValueError
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((4, 5), "not_an_int") # 1.63μs -> 1.57μs (3.95% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_tuple_with_invalid_axis():
    # One axis in tuple is out of bounds
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((1, 2, 3), (0, 5)) # 3.70μs -> 3.38μs (9.54% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_tuple_with_negative_axis():
    # Negative axis in tuple
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 2), (-1, 0)) # 4.92μs -> 4.70μs (4.51% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_empty_tuple():
    # No axes to expand, should return input shape
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3, 4), ()) # 4.09μs -> 4.15μs (1.44% slower)

def test_expand_dims_input_shape_as_list():
    # Accepts input_shape as a list
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape([2, 3], 1) # 4.40μs -> 3.77μs (16.7% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_tuple_with_all_positions():
    # Insert singleton at all possible positions
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2,), (0, 1)) # 4.07μs -> 3.94μs (3.27% faster)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2,), (1, 0)) # 1.81μs -> 1.80μs (0.444% faster)

def test_expand_dims_axis_tuple_with_large_negative_axis():
    # Axis is negative and out of bounds
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        compute_expand_dims_output_shape((2, 3), (-4,)) # 3.13μs -> 2.88μs (8.54% faster)

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

def test_expand_dims_large_input_shape():
    # Large input shape, single axis
    shape = tuple(range(1, 501))  # shape with 500 dims
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, 250); out = codeflash_output # 22.2μs -> 22.4μs (0.826% slower)

def test_expand_dims_large_input_shape_multiple_axes():
    # Large input shape, multiple axes
    shape = tuple(range(1, 501))  # shape with 500 dims
    axes = (0, 250, 500)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 25.3μs -> 23.6μs (7.59% faster)

def test_expand_dims_large_axis_tuple():
    # Large number of axes, all at the end
    shape = (2, 3)
    axes = tuple(range(2, 1002))  # Insert 1000 singleton dims at the end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 1.54ms -> 105μs (1358% faster)

def test_expand_dims_large_axis_tuple_at_start():
    # Large number of axes, all at the start
    shape = (2, 3)
    axes = tuple(range(0, 1000))  # Insert 1000 singleton dims at the start
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 1.50ms -> 104μs (1334% faster)

def test_expand_dims_large_axis_tuple_at_mixed_positions():
    # Large number of axes, interleaved
    shape = tuple(range(1, 11))  # shape with 10 dims
    axes = tuple(range(0, 10))  # Insert 10 singleton dims at each position
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape(shape, axes); out = codeflash_output # 6.28μs -> 5.49μs (14.3% faster)
    # All even positions are 1, all odd positions are the original dims
    for i in range(20):
        if i % 2 == 0:
            pass
        else:
            pass

# ---------------- Mutation Testing Sensitivity Test ----------------

def test_mutation_axis_sorting():
    # This test ensures that the axes are not sorted, but canonicalized as per code
    # e.g., inserting at (2, 0) gives same as (0, 2)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((10, 20), (2, 0)) # 4.18μs -> 3.69μs (13.0% faster)
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((10, 20), (0, 2)) # 1.91μs -> 1.77μs (7.61% faster)

def test_mutation_axis_none_behavior():
    # axis=None should always add at the end
    codeflash_output = compute_expand_dims_output_shape((3, 4), None) # 5.33μs -> 4.85μs (9.92% 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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