⚡️ Speed up function std by 13%

[codeflash-ai]

📄 13% (0.13x) speedup for std in pandas/core/array_algos/masked_reductions.py

⏱️ Runtime : 4.37 milliseconds → 3.86 milliseconds (best of 149 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized version introduces a fast path optimization for the most common case where there are no missing values in the data. The key changes are:

What optimization was applied:

• Added early detection of mask status using mask_any = mask.any() if mask.size else False
• Introduced a fast path that directly calls np.std() when no values are masked, bypassing the _reductions function and warning context overhead entirely

Key changes that affect behavior:

• When mask_any is False (no missing values), the function directly returns np.std(values, axis=axis, ddof=ddof)
• The expensive warnings.catch_warnings() context manager is only entered when there are actually masked values that could trigger warnings
• The _reductions function is only called when necessary (when there are masked values)

Why this leads to speedup:
The optimization eliminates several performance bottlenecks for the common no-missing-values case:

1. Context manager overhead: warnings.catch_warnings() has significant setup/teardown costs that are avoided when unnecessary
2. Function call overhead: Direct np.std() call instead of going through _reductions function
3. Conditional logic: Eliminates the mask checking and dtype branching within _reductions

Performance characteristics based on test results:

• Best case scenarios: 60-130% speedup for arrays with no missing values (most common case)
• Neutral/slight regression: 3-14% slowdown for arrays with missing values due to the added mask.any() check
• Overall improvement: 13% average speedup indicates the no-missing case is frequent enough to dominate

Impact on workloads:
This optimization particularly benefits data analysis pipelines where complete (non-missing) data is common, such as numerical computations on clean datasets, financial time series without gaps, or scientific measurements. The slight overhead for missing-value cases is negligible compared to the gains for complete data scenarios.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 193 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

from __future__ import annotations

import warnings

import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from pandas.core.array_algos.masked_reductions import std


# Simulate libmissing.NA for missing value output
class _NAType:
    def __repr__(self):
        return "NA"
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return isinstance(other, _NAType)
libmissing = type("libmissing", (), {"NA": _NAType()})()
from pandas.core.array_algos.masked_reductions import std

# unit tests

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

def test_single_element():
    # Standard deviation of a single element is always NaN (with ddof=1)
    arr = np.array([5])
    mask = np.array([False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 84.5μs -> 77.7μs (8.76% faster)

def test_two_elements_no_mask():
    arr = np.array([1.0, 3.0])
    mask = np.array([False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 65.1μs -> 40.3μs (61.6% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 16.8μs -> 13.8μs (21.7% faster)

def test_multiple_elements_no_mask():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 61.7μs -> 38.2μs (61.5% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 16.3μs -> 13.2μs (23.9% faster)

def test_integer_and_float_dtype():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], dtype=int)
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 59.2μs -> 36.6μs (61.9% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 15.8μs -> 13.1μs (20.0% faster)

    arrf = np.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0], dtype=float)
    codeflash_output = std(arrf, mask); resultf = codeflash_output # 29.2μs -> 13.3μs (119% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arrf, ddof=1); expectedf = codeflash_output # 10.7μs -> 8.72μs (22.4% faster)

def test_object_dtype():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5], dtype=object)
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 55.0μs -> 44.1μs (24.7% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 16.9μs -> 17.1μs (1.10% slower)

def test_mask_some_elements():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False, True, False, True, False])
    # Only elements 1, 3, 5 are used
    codeflash_output = np.std(np.array([1,3,5]), ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 31.4μs -> 32.1μs (2.20% slower)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 44.7μs -> 52.0μs (14.0% slower)

def test_all_masked_elements():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3])
    mask = np.array([True, True, True])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 7.24μs -> 7.04μs (2.84% faster)

def test_empty_array():
    arr = np.array([])
    mask = np.array([], dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 972ns -> 1.10μs (11.9% slower)

def test_ddof_zero():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4])
    mask = np.array([False]*4)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, ddof=0); result = codeflash_output # 71.6μs -> 46.6μs (53.5% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=0); expected = codeflash_output # 17.7μs -> 14.2μs (24.9% faster)

def test_skipna_false_with_masked():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False, True, False, False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, skipna=False); result = codeflash_output # 17.8μs -> 18.7μs (5.09% slower)

def test_skipna_false_no_masked():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, skipna=False); result = codeflash_output # 48.5μs -> 41.8μs (16.1% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 14.0μs -> 13.6μs (2.93% faster)



def test_all_same_values():
    arr = np.array([7, 7, 7, 7, 7])
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 83.6μs -> 57.0μs (46.7% faster)

def test_mask_leaves_one_element():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4])
    mask = np.array([True, True, True, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 74.0μs -> 80.5μs (8.09% slower)

def test_nan_in_values_with_mask():
    arr = np.array([1.0, np.nan, 3.0, 4.0])
    mask = np.array([False, True, False, False])
    # Masked nan, so only 1,3,4 used
    codeflash_output = np.std(np.array([1.0,3.0,4.0]), ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 33.7μs -> 34.1μs (1.17% slower)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 46.4μs -> 50.1μs (7.36% slower)

def test_nan_in_values_without_mask():
    arr = np.array([1.0, np.nan, 3.0, 4.0])
    mask = np.array([False, False, False, False])
    # Unmasked nan, numpy returns nan
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 59.0μs -> 35.1μs (67.9% faster)

def test_axis_argument_1d():
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4])
    mask = np.array([False, False, False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result = codeflash_output # 61.9μs -> 37.0μs (67.1% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1, axis=0); expected = codeflash_output # 16.1μs -> 13.8μs (16.5% faster)

def test_axis_argument_2d():
    arr = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])
    mask = np.array([[False,False,False],[False,False,False]])
    # axis=0
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result0 = codeflash_output # 68.4μs -> 38.7μs (76.6% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1, axis=0); expected0 = codeflash_output # 18.0μs -> 13.4μs (33.9% faster)
    # axis=1
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result1 = codeflash_output # 36.6μs -> 15.4μs (137% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1, axis=1); expected1 = codeflash_output # 12.3μs -> 9.24μs (33.2% faster)

def test_axis_argument_2d_with_mask():
    arr = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])
    mask = np.array([[False,True,False],[True,False,False]])
    # axis=0: columns
    # col1: 1, masked 4 -> only 1; col2: masked 2, 5 -> only 5; col3: 3,6
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result0 = codeflash_output # 69.0μs -> 79.1μs (12.8% slower)
    expected0 = np.array([np.nan, np.nan, np.std([3,6], ddof=1)]) # 24.6μs -> 24.3μs (1.09% faster)
    # axis=1: rows
    # row1: 1, masked 2, 3 -> [1,3]; row2: masked 4, 5, 6 -> [5,6]
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result1 = codeflash_output # 35.1μs -> 40.7μs (13.7% slower)
    expected1 = np.array([np.std([1,3], ddof=1), np.std([5,6], ddof=1)]) # 15.1μs -> 15.8μs (4.61% slower)

def test_mask_shape_mismatch():
    arr = np.array([1,2,3])
    mask = np.array([False, True])  # wrong shape
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        std(arr, mask) # 35.5μs -> 38.1μs (6.92% slower)

def test_ddof_greater_than_length():
    arr = np.array([1,2])
    mask = np.array([False,False])
    # ddof=3 > number of elements, numpy returns nan
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, ddof=3); result = codeflash_output # 73.2μs -> 64.4μs (13.7% faster)

def test_boolean_dtype():
    arr = np.array([True, False, True, False])
    mask = np.array([False]*4)
    # True=1, False=0
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 38.5μs -> 37.1μs (3.89% faster)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 47.2μs -> 20.5μs (131% faster)

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

def test_large_array_no_mask():
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.zeros(1000, dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 66.8μs -> 42.0μs (59.2% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 19.0μs -> 16.0μs (18.4% faster)

def test_large_array_half_masked():
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.zeros(1000, dtype=bool)
    mask[:500] = True  # mask half
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr[500:], ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 33.1μs -> 32.5μs (1.65% faster)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 50.1μs -> 56.7μs (11.7% slower)

def test_large_array_all_masked():
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.ones(1000, dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 7.03μs -> 7.06μs (0.468% slower)

def test_large_2d_array_axis():
    arr = np.arange(1000).reshape(100,10)
    mask = np.zeros((100,10), dtype=bool)
    # axis=0
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result0 = codeflash_output # 85.8μs -> 51.4μs (66.7% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1, axis=0); expected0 = codeflash_output # 24.9μs -> 20.3μs (22.7% faster)
    # axis=1
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result1 = codeflash_output # 48.8μs -> 22.7μs (114% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1, axis=1); expected1 = codeflash_output # 19.0μs -> 15.7μs (20.9% faster)

def test_large_2d_array_with_mask_axis():
    arr = np.arange(1000).reshape(100,10)
    mask = np.zeros((100,10), dtype=bool)
    mask[:,0] = True  # mask out first column
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result0 = codeflash_output # 80.0μs -> 92.2μs (13.2% slower)
    expected0 = np.empty(10)
    expected0[0] = np.nan  # first column all masked
    for i in range(1,10):
        expected0[i] = np.std(arr[:,i], ddof=1) # 95.3μs -> 97.3μs (2.06% slower)

def test_large_array_boolean_mask_pattern():
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = (arr % 3 == 0)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr[~mask], ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 31.3μs -> 32.0μs (2.00% slower)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 58.2μs -> 61.0μs (4.57% slower)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import warnings

import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest
from pandas.core.array_algos.masked_reductions import std


class NAType:
    """Simple NA singleton for test purposes (simulating pandas._libs.missing.NA)"""
    def __repr__(self):
        return "NA"
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return isinstance(other, NAType)
NA = NAType()
from pandas.core.array_algos.masked_reductions import std

# ------------------- UNIT TESTS -------------------

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

def test_std_basic_no_missing():
    # Test with simple array, no missing values, default ddof=1
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False, False, False, False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 60.6μs -> 40.5μs (49.4% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 15.1μs -> 12.9μs (17.2% faster)

def test_std_basic_with_missing_skipna():
    # Test with missing values, skipna=True
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False, True, False, False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 61.6μs -> 66.5μs (7.34% slower)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr[[0,2,3,4]], ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 16.8μs -> 16.7μs (0.305% faster)

def test_std_basic_with_missing_skipna_false():
    # Test with missing values, skipna=False should return NA
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False, True, False, False, False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, skipna=False); result = codeflash_output # 17.6μs -> 17.9μs (2.13% slower)

def test_std_basic_ddof_0():
    # Test with ddof=0 (population std)
    arr = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
    mask = np.array([False]*5)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, ddof=0); result = codeflash_output # 65.3μs -> 39.8μs (63.8% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=0); expected = codeflash_output # 16.5μs -> 13.5μs (21.9% faster)

def test_std_basic_2d_axis0():
    # Test with 2D array, axis=0
    arr = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])
    mask = np.array([[False,False,False],[False,False,False]])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result = codeflash_output # 70.2μs -> 39.4μs (78.1% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, axis=0, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 18.0μs -> 13.2μs (36.2% faster)

def test_std_basic_2d_axis1():
    # Test with 2D array, axis=1
    arr = np.array([[1,2,3],[4,5,6]])
    mask = np.array([[False,False,False],[False,False,False]])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result = codeflash_output # 65.4μs -> 35.9μs (82.2% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, axis=1, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 17.4μs -> 12.7μs (37.1% faster)

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

def test_std_empty_array():
    # Test with empty array
    arr = np.array([])
    mask = np.array([], dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 1.15μs -> 1.29μs (10.7% slower)

def test_std_all_masked():
    # Test with all values masked
    arr = np.array([1,2,3])
    mask = np.array([True,True,True])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 9.48μs -> 9.57μs (0.919% slower)

def test_std_single_element():
    # Test with single element (std is nan for ddof=1)
    arr = np.array([42])
    mask = np.array([False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 78.9μs -> 70.8μs (11.4% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 36.9μs -> 17.8μs (108% faster)

def test_std_single_element_ddof0():
    # Test with single element, ddof=0 (std should be 0)
    arr = np.array([42])
    mask = np.array([False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, ddof=0); result = codeflash_output # 64.0μs -> 39.0μs (64.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=0); expected = codeflash_output # 16.9μs -> 13.3μs (27.3% faster)

def test_std_all_masked_2d_axis():
    # Test with all masked in one axis
    arr = np.array([[1,2],[3,4]])
    mask = np.array([[True,True],[False,False]])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result = codeflash_output # 74.6μs -> 82.9μs (10.0% slower)
    # First column is masked, second is not
    expected = np.array([NA, np.std([2,4], ddof=1)]) # 23.2μs -> 23.7μs (1.79% slower)


def test_std_object_dtype():
    # Test with object dtype
    arr = np.array([1,2,3,4,5], dtype=object)
    mask = np.array([False,True,False,False,False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 73.8μs -> 76.7μs (3.80% slower)
    codeflash_output = np.std(np.array([1,3,4,5], dtype=object), ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 18.9μs -> 18.9μs (0.333% slower)

def test_std_all_nan_object_dtype():
    # Test with object dtype, all masked
    arr = np.array([1,2,3], dtype=object)
    mask = np.array([True,True,True])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 8.37μs -> 7.96μs (5.05% faster)

def test_std_axis_shape_mismatch():
    # Test with axis specified and shape mismatch
    arr = np.array([[1,2],[3,4]])
    mask = np.array([[False,False],[True,True]])
    # axis=0: first row is valid, second row is masked
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result = codeflash_output # 86.8μs -> 89.4μs (2.85% slower)
    # First row: not masked, second row: masked
    expected = np.array([np.std([1,2], ddof=1), NA]) # 25.8μs -> 25.3μs (1.84% faster)

def test_std_ddof_greater_than_n():
    # Test with ddof greater than number of non-missing values
    arr = np.array([1,2,3])
    mask = np.array([False,True,False])
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, ddof=3); result = codeflash_output # 70.6μs -> 72.5μs (2.58% slower)

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

def test_std_large_array_no_missing():
    # Test with large array, no missing values
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.zeros(1000, dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 69.2μs -> 43.4μs (59.3% faster)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 19.5μs -> 16.4μs (18.9% faster)

def test_std_large_array_some_missing():
    # Test with large array, some missing values
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.zeros(1000, dtype=bool)
    mask[::10] = True  # mask every 10th value
    valid = arr[~mask]
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 66.3μs -> 68.9μs (3.74% slower)
    codeflash_output = np.std(valid, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 19.2μs -> 19.0μs (1.48% faster)

def test_std_large_2d_axis0():
    # Test with large 2D array, axis=0
    arr = np.arange(1000).reshape(100,10)
    mask = np.zeros_like(arr, dtype=bool)
    mask[::10,:] = True  # mask every 10th row
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=0); result = codeflash_output # 78.3μs -> 82.3μs (4.85% slower)
    codeflash_output = np.std(arr[~mask.any(axis=1)], axis=0, ddof=1); expected = codeflash_output # 25.1μs -> 25.0μs (0.268% faster)

def test_std_large_2d_axis1():
    # Test with large 2D array, axis=1
    arr = np.arange(1000).reshape(100,10)
    mask = np.zeros_like(arr, dtype=bool)
    mask[:,::2] = True  # mask every even column
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask, axis=1); result = codeflash_output # 84.3μs -> 87.1μs (3.12% slower)
    expected = []
    for i in range(100):
        valid = arr[i][~mask[i]]
        if valid.size == 0:
            expected.append(NA)
        else:
            expected.append(np.std(valid, ddof=1))
    # Compare each element
    for r, e in zip(result, expected):
        if e == NA:
            pass
        else:
            pass

def test_std_large_array_all_masked():
    # Test with large array, all masked
    arr = np.arange(1000)
    mask = np.ones(1000, dtype=bool)
    codeflash_output = std(arr, mask); result = codeflash_output # 8.10μs -> 7.89μs (2.69% 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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