⚡️ Speed up method Figure.add_sankey by 11%

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📄 11% (0.11x) speedup for Figure.add_sankey in plotly/graph_objs/_figure.py

⏱️ Runtime : 4.97 milliseconds → 4.46 milliseconds (best of 16 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization applies import caching to eliminate redundant module imports when add_sankey() is called multiple times on the same Figure instance.

Key Changes:

• Added a conditional import check using hasattr(self, "_Sankey_cls") to cache the imported Sankey class
• Only imports plotly.graph_objs.Sankey on the first call, storing it as self._Sankey_cls
• Subsequent calls reuse the cached class reference instead of re-importing

Why This is Faster:
In Python, import statements have overhead even when the module is already loaded, as the interpreter must resolve the module path and perform namespace lookups. By caching the class reference, we avoid this repeated import cost.

Performance Profile:

• The line profiler shows the import statement (from plotly.graph_objs import Sankey) went from ~3.0ms to ~1.6ms total time across all calls
• Most effective for scenarios with multiple Sankey traces on the same figure, where test results show 11-13% speedup
• Single trace scenarios see minimal benefit since the import only happens once anyway

This optimization is particularly valuable for applications that programmatically generate many Sankey diagrams or add multiple Sankey traces to the same figure, as demonstrated by the 11.8% speedup in the large multiple traces test case.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 27 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import pytest
from plotly.graph_objs._figure import Figure


# Minimal implementation of add_sankey for testing
def add_sankey(
    arrangement=None,
    customdata=None,
    customdatasrc=None,
    domain=None,
    hoverinfo=None,
    hoverlabel=None,
    ids=None,
    idssrc=None,
    legend=None,
    legendgrouptitle=None,
    legendrank=None,
    legendwidth=None,
    link=None,
    meta=None,
    metasrc=None,
    name=None,
    node=None,
    orientation=None,
    selectedpoints=None,
    stream=None,
    textfont=None,
    uid=None,
    uirevision=None,
    valueformat=None,
    valuesuffix=None,
    visible=None,
    row=None,
    col=None,
    **kwargs,
):
    """
    Minimal implementation for testing.
    Returns a dict with all arguments for inspection.
    """
    return {
        "arrangement": arrangement,
        "customdata": customdata,
        "customdatasrc": customdatasrc,
        "domain": domain,
        "hoverinfo": hoverinfo,
        "hoverlabel": hoverlabel,
        "ids": ids,
        "idssrc": idssrc,
        "legend": legend,
        "legendgrouptitle": legendgrouptitle,
        "legendrank": legendrank,
        "legendwidth": legendwidth,
        "link": link,
        "meta": meta,
        "metasrc": metasrc,
        "name": name,
        "node": node,
        "orientation": orientation,
        "selectedpoints": selectedpoints,
        "stream": stream,
        "textfont": textfont,
        "uid": uid,
        "uirevision": uirevision,
        "valueformat": valueformat,
        "valuesuffix": valuesuffix,
        "visible": visible,
        "row": row,
        "col": col,
        **kwargs,
    }

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



































#------------------------------------------------
import pytest
from plotly.graph_objs._figure import Figure

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

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




def test_add_sankey_basic_multiple_traces():
    # Add multiple Sankey traces to the same figure
    fig = Figure()
    fig.add_sankey(node={"label": ["A", "B"]}, link={"source": [0], "target": [1], "value": [1]}) # 258μs -> 253μs (1.74% faster)
    fig.add_sankey(node={"label": ["C", "D"]}, link={"source": [0], "target": [1], "value": [2]}) # 220μs -> 195μs (13.2% faster)

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














def test_add_sankey_large_multiple_traces():
    # Add many Sankey traces
    fig = Figure()
    for i in range(20):
        node = {"label": [f"A{i}", f"B{i}"]}
        link = {"source": [0], "target": [1], "value": [i]}
        fig.add_sankey(node=node, link=link, name=f"Sankey{i}") # 4.49ms -> 4.01ms (11.8% faster)
    for i in range(20):
        pass

To edit these changes git checkout codeflash/optimize-Figure.add_sankey-mhfv84hy and push.