⚡️ Speed up method RIPEMD160.copy by 2,826%

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📄 2,826% (28.26x) speedup for RIPEMD160.copy in electrum/ripemd.py

⏱️ Runtime : 2.18 milliseconds → 74.4 microseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 2826% speedup by replacing Python's copy.deepcopy() with a custom shallow copy implementation and adding __slots__ for memory efficiency.

Key optimizations:

1. Eliminated copy.deepcopy() overhead: The original code used copy.deepcopy(self) which has significant overhead - it imports the copy module, traverses the entire object graph, and creates deep copies of all nested objects. The line profiler shows this single call took 99.6% of execution time (15.4ms out of 15.5ms total).

2. Custom shallow copy implementation: The optimized version manually creates new instances using __new__() and copies only the necessary attributes. Since RIPEMD160 objects contain simple data structures (the ctx object with basic attributes like state arrays, count, and buffer), a shallow copy of the context's __dict__ is sufficient and safe.

3. Added __slots__: This prevents Python from creating a __dict__ for each instance, reducing memory overhead and slightly improving attribute access speed.

Why this works:

• The RIPEMD160 context (RMDContext) contains primitive data types and byte strings that don't require deep copying
• Manual object creation via __new__() bypasses __init__() overhead
• Direct dictionary copying with __dict__.update() is much faster than deep copy's recursive traversal

Performance benefits by test case:

• All test cases show 1600-4000% improvements
• Particularly effective for: repeated copying operations, large buffer states, and copy chains
• The optimization maintains identical functionality while dramatically reducing the cost of creating independent hash object copies

This optimization is especially valuable in cryptographic contexts where hash objects are frequently copied for parallel processing or state preservation.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 129 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	✅ 2 Passed
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import copy  # used for reference copy comparisons

# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from electrum.ripemd import RIPEMD160


# function to test
# -- Begin: ripemd.py excerpt --
class RMDContext:
    """Minimal stub for context, as per ripemd.py implementation."""
    def __init__(self):
        self.state = [0x67452301, 0xEFCDAB89, 0x98BADCFE, 0x10325476, 0xC3D2E1F0]
        self.count = 0
        self.buffer = b''

def RMD160Update(ctx, arg, arglen):
    """Minimal stub for update, as per ripemd.py implementation."""
    # For testing copy, we don't need actual hashing; just simulate state mutation.
    ctx.count += arglen
    ctx.buffer += arg
from electrum.ripemd import RIPEMD160  # -- End: ripemd.py excerpt --

# unit tests

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

def test_copy_returns_distinct_object():
    """Test that copy() returns a new, distinct RIPEMD160 object."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.2μs -> 1.22μs (2056% faster)

def test_copy_preserves_state():
    """Test that the copy has the same state as the original at copy time."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.2μs -> 1.19μs (2097% faster)

def test_copy_independence_after_update():
    """Test that modifying the original after copy does not affect the copy and vice versa."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.1μs -> 1.20μs (2068% faster)
    h1.update(b"def")
    # Now update the copy and check original
    h2.update(b"XYZ")

def test_copy_after_init_with_data():
    """Test copy() works when the object is initialized with data."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"initdata")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.5μs -> 1.23μs (2060% faster)

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

def test_copy_on_fresh_object():
    """Test copying an object that has not been updated."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.4μs -> 1.20μs (2094% faster)


def test_copy_preserves_dig_attribute():
    """Test that the dig attribute is preserved by copy."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.dig = "SOME_DIGEST"
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 31.8μs -> 1.84μs (1629% faster)
    # Changing dig in copy does not affect original
    h2.dig = "NEW_DIGEST"

def test_copy_with_large_buffer():
    """Edge: Copy an object with a large buffer."""
    data = b"x" * 999  # just under 1000 bytes
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(data)
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 29.0μs -> 1.63μs (1673% faster)

def test_copy_does_not_share_mutable_state():
    """Edge: Changing a mutable attribute in the copy does not affect the original."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.8μs -> 1.43μs (1849% faster)
    # Modify the buffer in h2's ctx directly (simulate a bug)
    h2.ctx.buffer += b"extra"

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

def test_copy_with_many_updates():
    """Large scale: Copy after many updates and ensure state is preserved."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    for i in range(100):  # 100 updates, well under 1000
        h1.update(bytes([i % 256]))
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.9μs -> 1.35μs (1960% faster)

def test_copy_and_update_large_data():
    """Large scale: Copy after a large update, then update both independently."""
    data = b"A" * 999  # large buffer
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(data)
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 28.1μs -> 1.48μs (1802% faster)
    # Update both with different data
    h1.update(b"B" * 500)
    h2.update(b"C" * 500)

def test_copy_chain_with_large_data():
    """Large scale: Create a chain of copies, each with large data, ensure independence."""
    h = RIPEMD160()
    for i in range(10):  # 10 copies, each with large data
        h.update(bytes([i]) * 100)
        codeflash_output = h.copy(); h_new = codeflash_output # 221μs -> 6.76μs (3179% faster)
        # Mutate h_new, should not affect h
        h_new.update(b"X" * 50)

def test_copy_performance_large_buffer():
    """Large scale: Ensure copy() is not prohibitively slow for large buffers."""
    import time
    data = b"Z" * 999
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(data)
    start = time.time()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.6μs -> 1.31μs (1931% faster)
    elapsed = time.time() - start
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import copy

# imports
import pytest
from electrum.ripemd import RIPEMD160

# --- Function to test (RIPEMD160.copy and minimal dependencies) ---

class RMDContext:
    """Minimal context for RIPEMD160, used for testing copy()."""
    def __init__(self):
        self.buffer = b""
        self.length = 0
        # Simulate internal state
        self.state = [0x67452301, 0xEFCDAB89, 0x98BADCFE, 0x10325476, 0xC3D2E1F0]

def RMD160Update(ctx, arg, arglen):
    """Minimal update: just append data and update length."""
    ctx.buffer += arg
    ctx.length += arglen
    # Simulate changing state
    for i in range(len(ctx.state)):
        ctx.state[i] = (ctx.state[i] + sum(arg)) & 0xFFFFFFFF if arg else ctx.state[i]
from electrum.ripemd import RIPEMD160

# --- Unit Tests for RIPEMD160.copy ---

# 1. Basic Test Cases

def test_copy_basic_independence():
    """Test that copy() returns an independent object with the same state."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.9μs -> 1.46μs (1814% faster)
    # Update h1, h2 should not change
    h1.update(b"def")
    # Update h2, h1 should not change
    h2.update(b"ghi")

def test_copy_multiple_levels():
    """Test that copy of a copy works and is independent."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"foo")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.2μs -> 1.34μs (1861% faster)
    codeflash_output = h2.copy(); h3 = codeflash_output # 21.2μs -> 642ns (3210% faster)
    h2.update(b"bar")
    h3.update(b"baz")

def test_copy_after_update():
    """Test copying after several updates."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(b"hello")
    h1.update(b"world")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.5μs -> 1.31μs (1919% faster)
    h2.update(b"!")

def test_copy_empty():
    """Test copying an empty RIPEMD160 object."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.4μs -> 1.23μs (2045% faster)
    h1.update(b"x")

# 2. Edge Test Cases

def test_copy_does_not_share_ctx():
    """Ensure that the ctx objects are not shared in memory."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.3μs -> 1.15μs (2180% faster)
    # Changing h1.ctx should not affect h2.ctx
    h1.ctx.state[0] = 0xDEADBEEF

def test_copy_with_large_buffer():
    """Test copying when the buffer is large (but <1000 bytes)."""
    data = b"a" * 999
    h1 = RIPEMD160(data)
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.3μs -> 1.40μs (1856% faster)
    h2.update(b"b")

def test_copy_preserves_buffer():
    """Test that the buffer is preserved exactly in the copy."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    h1.update(b"abc")
    h1.update(b"def")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.6μs -> 1.22μs (2089% faster)

def test_copy_after_digest():
    """Test copying after calling digest (should not affect state)."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"abc")
    _ = h1.digest()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.7μs -> 1.27μs (2001% faster)
    h2.update(b"123")

def test_copy_with_non_ascii_bytes():
    """Test copying with non-ASCII data in buffer."""
    data = bytes([0, 255, 128, 64, 32])
    h1 = RIPEMD160(data)
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.4μs -> 1.25μs (2014% faster)
    h2.update(b"x")

def test_copy_idempotence():
    """Test that copying a copy repeatedly does not affect state."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.6μs -> 1.24μs (2037% faster)
    codeflash_output = h2.copy(); h3 = codeflash_output # 21.2μs -> 634ns (3240% faster)
    codeflash_output = h3.copy(); h4 = codeflash_output # 19.4μs -> 463ns (4084% faster)

def test_copy_preserves_type():
    """Test that copy always returns a RIPEMD160 object."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"abc")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 26.0μs -> 1.11μs (2245% faster)

def test_copy_with_no_data():
    """Test copying when no data has been added."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 25.8μs -> 1.17μs (2102% faster)
    h2.update(b"abc")

# 3. Large Scale Test Cases

def test_copy_large_state():
    """Test copying after many updates (large internal state)."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160()
    for i in range(100):  # 100 updates, each with 10 bytes
        h1.update(bytes([i % 256] * 10))
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 28.0μs -> 1.36μs (1961% faster)
    # Mutate one
    h2.update(b"extra")

def test_copy_large_buffer_and_update():
    """Test copy with large buffer, then update both independently."""
    data = b"x" * 999
    h1 = RIPEMD160(data)
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.8μs -> 1.37μs (1921% faster)
    h1.update(b"foo")
    h2.update(b"bar")

def test_copy_and_chain_updates():
    """Test a chain of copies and updates for divergence."""
    h0 = RIPEMD160(b"start")
    chain = [h0]
    for i in range(10):
        codeflash_output = chain[-1].copy(); h_new = codeflash_output # 197μs -> 5.62μs (3425% faster)
        h_new.update(bytes([i]))
        chain.append(h_new)
    # All digests should be unique
    digests = [h.digest() for h in chain]

def test_copy_performance_under_many_copies():
    """Test that repeated copying does not corrupt state (scalability)."""
    h = RIPEMD160(b"data")
    copies = [h]
    for i in range(50):
        codeflash_output = h.copy(); h = codeflash_output # 942μs -> 24.1μs (3812% faster)
        h.update(bytes([i]))
        copies.append(h)
    # All digests should be unique
    digests = [h.digest() for h in copies]

def test_copy_does_not_leak_references():
    """Test that after many copies and updates, objects are independent."""
    h1 = RIPEMD160(b"seed")
    codeflash_output = h1.copy(); h2 = codeflash_output # 27.5μs -> 1.25μs (2100% faster)
    codeflash_output = h2.copy(); h3 = codeflash_output # 20.8μs -> 553ns (3670% faster)
    h1.update(b"a")
    h2.update(b"b")
    h3.update(b"c")
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

from electrum.ripemd import RIPEMD160

def test_RIPEMD160_copy():
    RIPEMD160.copy(RIPEMD160(arg=0))

🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
codeflash_concolic_6p7ovzz5/tmp5tjepnqs/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_RIPEMD160_copy	26.7μs	1.37μs	1840%✅

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