⚡️ Speed up function get_default_args by 313%

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📄 313% (3.13x) speedup for get_default_args in ultralytics/utils/__init__.py

⏱️ Runtime : 883 microseconds → 214 microseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 313% speedup by bypassing Python's expensive inspect.signature() API in favor of direct attribute access for common function types.

Key Optimization:

• Direct attribute access: For regular functions and methods, the code now directly accesses func.__defaults__ (positional defaults) and func.__kwdefaults__ (keyword-only defaults) instead of using inspect.signature().
• Fast path detection: Uses inspect.isfunction() or inspect.ismethod() to identify when the fast path can be used.
• Fallback preservation: Maintains the original inspect.signature() approach for edge cases like callable objects.

Why This Is Faster:

• inspect.signature() performs extensive introspection, parameter validation, and object creation overhead
• Direct attribute access (__defaults__, __kwdefaults__) is a simple dictionary/tuple lookup
• The line profiler shows inspect.signature() takes 87.4% of execution time in the original vs only 1.1% in the optimized version when the fast path is used

Performance Impact on Workloads:
Based on the function reference, get_default_args() is called in the YOLO export decorator (@try_export) which processes model exports. Since model export operations can involve multiple function calls and the decorator pattern suggests this could be called frequently, the 5-20x speedup per call (as shown in annotated tests) will meaningfully reduce export processing overhead.

Test Case Benefits:
The optimization shows consistent 5-25x speedups across all test scenarios, with particularly strong performance on:

• Functions with many defaults (1099% faster for 50 parameters)
• Keyword-only arguments (990-1225% faster)
• Methods and bound methods (659-780% faster)
• Edge cases like lambdas and decorated methods (568-675% faster)

The optimization maintains identical behavior while dramatically reducing function introspection overhead.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 41 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

# imports
from ultralytics.utils.__init__ import get_default_args

# unit tests

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


def test_no_defaults():
    # Function with no default arguments
    def foo(a, b):
        return a + b

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 17.5μs -> 1.59μs (999% faster)


def test_single_default():
    # Function with one default argument
    def foo(a, b=10):
        return a + b

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 17.0μs -> 2.64μs (546% faster)


def test_multiple_defaults():
    # Function with multiple default arguments
    def foo(a, b=10, c="bar", d=None):
        return a + b

    expected = {"b": 10, "c": "bar", "d": None}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 18.8μs -> 2.45μs (668% faster)


def test_mixed_args():
    # Function with mixed positional and keyword defaults
    def foo(a, b, c=3, d="test"):
        pass

    expected = {"c": 3, "d": "test"}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 18.0μs -> 2.30μs (683% faster)


def test_kwonly_defaults():
    # Function with keyword-only defaults
    def foo(a, *, b=5, c="baz"):
        pass

    expected = {"b": 5, "c": "baz"}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 16.8μs -> 1.52μs (1001% faster)


def test_varargs_and_kwargs():
    # Function with *args and **kwargs, and defaults
    def foo(a, b=2, *args, c=3, **kwargs):
        pass

    expected = {"b": 2, "c": 3}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 19.6μs -> 2.34μs (739% faster)


def test_method_defaults():
    # Method in a class with defaults
    class Bar:
        def foo(self, a, b=99):
            pass

    expected = {"b": 99}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(Bar.foo)  # 17.3μs -> 2.29μs (658% faster)


def test_staticmethod_defaults():
    # Static method with defaults
    class Baz:
        @staticmethod
        def foo(a=1, b=2):
            pass

    expected = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(Baz.foo)  # 16.0μs -> 2.28μs (601% faster)


def test_classmethod_defaults():
    # Class method with defaults
    class Qux:
        @classmethod
        def foo(cls, a=7, b=8):
            pass

    expected = {"a": 7, "b": 8}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(Qux.foo)  # 24.0μs -> 2.93μs (720% faster)


def test_defaults_are_mutable():
    # Function with mutable default argument
    def foo(a=[], b={}):
        pass

    expected = {"a": [], "b": {}}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)
    result = codeflash_output  # 22.8μs -> 3.17μs (618% faster)


def test_defaults_are_functions():
    # Function with another function as default
    def bar():
        pass

    def foo(a=bar):
        pass

    expected = {"a": bar}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 15.7μs -> 2.52μs (524% faster)


def test_defaults_are_objects():
    # Function with object instance as default
    class MyObj:
        pass

    obj = MyObj()

    def foo(a=obj):
        pass

    expected = {"a": obj}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 15.4μs -> 2.40μs (543% faster)


def test_signature_with_annotations():
    # Function with type annotations and defaults
    def foo(a: int, b: str = "hello", c: float = 3.14):
        pass

    expected = {"b": "hello", "c": 3.14}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 18.8μs -> 2.50μs (652% faster)


def test_signature_with_positional_only():
    # Python 3.8+ positional-only args
    def foo(a, b=2, /, c=3):
        pass

    expected = {"b": 2, "c": 3}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 17.9μs -> 2.26μs (696% faster)


def test_signature_with_keyword_only():
    # Python 3+ keyword-only defaults
    def foo(a, *, b=2, c=3):
        pass

    expected = {"b": 2, "c": 3}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 17.3μs -> 1.59μs (990% faster)


def test_signature_with_var_positional_and_keyword():
    # Function with *args and **kwargs, no defaults
    def foo(*args, **kwargs):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 16.0μs -> 1.43μs (1019% faster)


# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import inspect  # used to define test functions with various signatures

# imports
from ultralytics.utils.__init__ import get_default_args

# unit tests

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


def test_no_args_function():
    # Function with no arguments
    def foo():
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(foo)  # 10.6μs -> 1.44μs (641% faster)


def test_no_defaults_function():
    # Function with arguments but no defaults
    def bar(a, b, c):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(bar)  # 16.7μs -> 1.29μs (1188% faster)


def test_single_default():
    # Function with one default argument
    def baz(a, b=42):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(baz)  # 16.1μs -> 2.48μs (549% faster)


def test_multiple_defaults():
    # Function with multiple default arguments
    def qux(a=1, b=2, c=3):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(qux)  # 16.7μs -> 2.34μs (615% faster)


def test_mixed_args():
    # Function with mixed required and default arguments
    def corge(a, b=2, c=3, d=None):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(corge)  # 17.5μs -> 2.33μs (652% faster)


def test_keyword_only_defaults():
    # Function with keyword-only arguments and defaults
    def grault(a, *, b=5, c="hello"):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(grault)  # 16.2μs -> 1.49μs (994% faster)


def test_positional_only_defaults():
    # Function with positional-only arguments and defaults (Python 3.8+)
    def posonly(a, b=7, /, c=8):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(posonly)  # 16.7μs -> 2.32μs (620% faster)


def test_varargs_kwargs():
    # Function with *args and **kwargs, with defaults
    def varfun(a, *args, b=10, **kwargs):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(varfun)  # 17.5μs -> 1.47μs (1092% faster)


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


def test_default_is_none():
    # Default value is None
    def func(a=None):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 13.9μs -> 2.26μs (515% faster)


def test_default_is_mutable():
    # Default value is mutable type (list/dict)
    def func(a=[], b={}):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 15.3μs -> 2.14μs (614% faster)


def test_default_is_callable():
    # Default value is a callable
    def func(a=len):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 13.4μs -> 2.09μs (542% faster)


def test_default_is_object():
    # Default value is a custom object
    class X:
        pass

    x = X()

    def func(a=x):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 14.3μs -> 2.13μs (568% faster)


def test_function_with_annotations():
    # Function with type annotations and defaults
    def func(a: int = 1, b: str = "foo"):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 15.7μs -> 2.16μs (628% faster)


def test_function_with_kwonly_and_varargs():
    # Function with keyword-only args, *args, and defaults
    def func(a, *args, b=4, c=5, **kwargs):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 19.5μs -> 1.47μs (1225% faster)


def test_lambda_function():
    # Lambda with default arguments
    f = lambda a, b=3: a + b
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(f)  # 17.7μs -> 2.65μs (568% faster)


def test_method_defaults():
    # Method with defaults
    class MyClass:
        def method(self, a=1, b=2):
            pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(MyClass.method)  # 17.8μs -> 2.35μs (659% faster)
    # Bound method
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(MyClass().method)  # 17.5μs -> 1.99μs (780% faster)


def test_staticmethod_defaults():
    # Static method with defaults
    class MyClass:
        @staticmethod
        def smethod(a=1, b=2):
            pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(MyClass.smethod)  # 15.3μs -> 2.13μs (619% faster)


def test_classmethod_defaults():
    # Class method with defaults
    class MyClass:
        @classmethod
        def cmethod(cls, a=1, b=2):
            pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(MyClass.cmethod)  # 25.0μs -> 3.22μs (675% faster)


def test_function_with_only_varargs_kwargs():
    # Function with only *args and **kwargs, no defaults
    def func(*args, **kwargs):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 16.0μs -> 1.57μs (921% faster)


def test_function_with_empty_defaults():
    # Function with default value as empty string, tuple, set
    def func(a="", b=(), c=set()):
        pass

    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 16.7μs -> 2.53μs (561% faster)


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


def test_many_defaults():
    # Function with a large number of default arguments
    def func(
        a0=0,
        a1=1,
        a2=2,
        a3=3,
        a4=4,
        a5=5,
        a6=6,
        a7=7,
        a8=8,
        a9=9,
        a10=10,
        a11=11,
        a12=12,
        a13=13,
        a14=14,
        a15=15,
        a16=16,
        a17=17,
        a18=18,
        a19=19,
        a20=20,
        a21=21,
        a22=22,
        a23=23,
        a24=24,
        a25=25,
        a26=26,
        a27=27,
        a28=28,
        a29=29,
        a30=30,
        a31=31,
        a32=32,
        a33=33,
        a34=34,
        a35=35,
        a36=36,
        a37=37,
        a38=38,
        a39=39,
        a40=40,
        a41=41,
        a42=42,
        a43=43,
        a44=44,
        a45=45,
        a46=46,
        a47=47,
        a48=48,
        a49=49,
    ):
        pass

    expected = {f"a{i}": i for i in range(50)}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 61.7μs -> 5.15μs (1099% faster)


def test_large_mixed_args():
    # Function with many required and many default arguments
    def func(
        *args,
        a0=0,
        a1=1,
        a2=2,
        a3=3,
        a4=4,
        a5=5,
        a6=6,
        a7=7,
        a8=8,
        a9=9,
        a10=10,
        a11=11,
        a12=12,
        a13=13,
        a14=14,
        a15=15,
        a16=16,
        a17=17,
        a18=18,
        a19=19,
        b0=None,
        b1={},
        b2=[],
        b3=(),
        b4=set(),
        b5=5.5,
        b6="str",
        b7=True,
        b8=False,
        b9=None,
    ):
        pass

    expected = {
        **{f"a{i}": i for i in range(20)},
        "b0": None,
        "b1": {},
        "b2": [],
        "b3": (),
        "b4": set(),
        "b5": 5.5,
        "b6": "str",
        "b7": True,
        "b8": False,
        "b9": None,
    }
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 44.3μs -> 1.71μs (2496% faster)


def test_large_keyword_only_defaults():
    # Function with many keyword-only defaults
    def func(a, *args, **kwargs):
        pass

    # Dynamically add keyword-only defaults using __signature__ (simulate large kwonly defaults)
    params = [inspect.Parameter(f"k{i}", inspect.Parameter.KEYWORD_ONLY, default=i) for i in range(100)]
    sig = inspect.Signature([inspect.Parameter("a", inspect.Parameter.POSITIONAL_OR_KEYWORD)] + params)
    func.__signature__ = sig
    expected = {f"k{i}": i for i in range(100)}
    codeflash_output = get_default_args(func)  # 21.6μs -> 1.60μs (1254% 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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