⚡️ Speed up function pad_image_with_background_color by 99%

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📄 99% (0.99x) speedup for pad_image_with_background_color in unstructured_inference/utils.py

⏱️ Runtime : 52.2 milliseconds → 26.3 milliseconds (best of 56 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimized code achieves a 98% speedup (52.2ms → 26.3ms) through two key optimizations:

What Changed

1. Zero-padding fast path: When pad == 0, the code now returns image.copy() instead of creating a new blank image and pasting the original onto it.

2. PIL's ImageOps.expand for actual padding: Replaced manual Image.new() + paste() with ImageOps.expand(), which is a specialized PIL function optimized for border expansion.

Why It's Faster

For zero-padding cases (2 test cases show 100-135% speedup):

• Original: Created a same-sized blank image + pasted the original → unnecessary allocation and paste operation
• Optimized: Direct copy() → single efficient operation

For actual padding cases (most test cases show 1-19% slower for small images, but 103-147% faster for large images):

• ImageOps.expand() is implemented in C and optimized for border creation, reducing Python overhead
• The line profiler shows the expand operation takes 99.4% of function time but completes faster overall for realistic workloads
• For small images (≤100x100), the overhead of calling ImageOps.expand slightly outweighs benefits
• For large images (≥1000x1000), the optimization shines: 2.79ms → 1.38ms (103% faster) and 13.8ms → 5.58ms (147% faster)

Impact on Workloads

Based on function_references, this function is called in a hot path within get_structure() for table detection, which:

• Processes images with pad_for_structure_detection (likely non-zero in production)
• Uses feature extraction on padded images, making this a per-image overhead
• Benefits significantly if processing large document images (common in table extraction)

The optimization particularly helps when:

• Processing large images (800x800+): up to 147% faster
• Handling zero-padding edge cases: 100-135% faster
• Running table structure detection at scale (the calling context suggests batch processing)

Small overhead on tiny test images (10-19% slower for <100px images) is negligible compared to gains on production-sized images.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 61 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests

import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from PIL import Image  # used to create and inspect images
from unstructured_inference.utils import pad_image_with_background_color

def test_basic_rgb_padding_and_pixel_locations():
    # Basic scenario: small RGB image padded with a named color
    # Create a 2x2 red image so original pixels are distinct from padding
    orig = Image.new("RGB", (2, 2), "red")
    # Pad with 1 pixel of white background
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(orig, pad=1, background_color="white"); padded = codeflash_output # 19.0μs -> 24.1μs (21.2% slower)

def test_pad_zero_returns_new_image_with_identical_content():
    # Basic: pad=0 should yield an image with the same dimensions and pixels,
    # but not be the same object identity (the implementation creates a new Image).
    orig = Image.new("RGB", (3, 3), "green")
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(orig, pad=0, background_color="white"); padded = codeflash_output # 19.4μs -> 9.71μs (100% faster)

def test_negative_pad_raises_value_error_and_message():
    # Edge: negative pad is invalid and must raise ValueError with meaningful message
    img = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1), "black")
    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
        pad_image_with_background_color(img, pad=-5, background_color="white") # 2.67μs -> 2.78μs (3.99% slower)

def test_background_color_name_and_hex_are_applied_correctly():
    # Edge: background colors supplied as names and hex strings should be applied
    # Test 1: grayscale ('L' mode) with named background color 'black' -> 0
    gray = Image.new("L", (2, 2), 128)  # medium gray
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(gray, pad=2, background_color="black"); padded_gray = codeflash_output # 22.7μs -> 26.0μs (12.7% slower)

    # Test 2: RGB with hex color string for the background
    blue = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1), "blue")
    # Use a magenta hex background
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(blue, pad=1, background_color="#FF00FF"); padded_hex = codeflash_output # 12.7μs -> 14.9μs (14.5% slower)

def test_rgba_mode_preserves_alpha_and_supports_transparent_background_tuple():
    # Edge: Ensure alpha channel is preserved for RGBA images and that a transparent
    # background can be provided as an RGBA tuple. This uses the fact that the
    # implementation forwards background_color to Image.new unchanged.
    orig = Image.new("RGBA", (2, 2), (10, 20, 30, 128))  # semi-transparent pixel color
    # Use a fully transparent padding background supplied as a 4-tuple
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(orig, pad=1, background_color=(0, 0, 0, 0)); padded = codeflash_output # 16.3μs -> 19.8μs (17.4% slower)

def test_one_by_one_image_with_large_pad_places_original_correctly():
    # Edge: a 1x1 original image should be correctly centered in the padded output
    orig = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1), (123, 45, 67))
    pad_amount = 5
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(orig, pad=pad_amount, background_color="black"); padded = codeflash_output # 22.8μs -> 25.6μs (10.7% slower)

def test_large_scale_sampled_pixels_on_checkerboard_pattern():
    # Large Scale: create a moderate sized image (kept reasonably small for test speed)
    # We create a 30x30 image (900 pixels, under the 1000-element guideline) with two colors
    width, height = 30, 30
    orig = Image.new("RGB", (width, height))
    # Paint a simple pattern without iterating over all pixels in the test (use putpixel in a controlled loop)
    for x in range(width):
        # keep loops small and deterministic (30 iterations is acceptable)
        for y in range(height):
            # Checkerboard pattern using coordinates parity
            color = (255, 255, 255) if (x + y) % 2 == 0 else (0, 0, 0)
            orig.putpixel((x, y), color)

    pad_amount = 5
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(orig, pad=pad_amount, background_color="gray"); padded = codeflash_output # 24.4μs -> 27.1μs (9.95% slower)

    # Spot-check: corners in the padded area should be the background (gray)
    # Pillow maps "gray" to (190,190,190) or similar; instead of relying on a numeric mapping,
    # we create an expected gray using Image.new to be robust to palette differences.
    bg_test = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1), "gray").getpixel((0, 0))

    # Spot-check original content mapped into padded image:
    # original center should be at padded coordinate (pad + x, pad + y)
    sample_positions = [(0, 0), (width - 1, 0), (0, height - 1), (15, 15)]
    for sx, sy in sample_positions:
        expected = orig.getpixel((sx, sy))
        got = padded.getpixel((sx + pad_amount, sy + pad_amount))

def test_non_integer_pad_raises_type_or_value_error():
    # Edge: if a non-integer pad is provided, Image.new will ultimately expect integer sizes.
    # The function does not explicitly enforce types, so typical behavior is a TypeError when
    # non-int sizes are used. We assert that a TypeError or ValueError is raised for float pad.
    img = Image.new("RGB", (2, 2), "white")
    with pytest.raises((TypeError, ValueError)):
        # Using a float pad should not silently succeed; it should raise an error
        pad_image_with_background_color(img, pad=0.5, background_color="white") # 11.6μs -> 14.8μs (21.8% slower)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.

import pytest
from PIL import Image
from unstructured_inference.utils import pad_image_with_background_color

def test_basic_padding_with_default_parameters():
    """Test basic functionality with default parameters (pad=10, background_color='white')."""
    # Create a simple 100x100 RGB image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding with default parameters
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image); padded_image = codeflash_output # 31.0μs -> 34.8μs (10.8% slower)

def test_padding_with_custom_pad_value():
    """Test padding with a custom pad value."""
    # Create a simple 50x50 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="blue")
    
    # Apply padding with custom value
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=20); padded_image = codeflash_output # 25.7μs -> 29.5μs (13.0% slower)

def test_padding_with_custom_background_color():
    """Test padding with a custom background color."""
    # Create a simple 60x60 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (60, 60), color="green")
    
    # Apply padding with custom background color
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5, background_color="black"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 22.6μs -> 26.1μs (13.4% slower)
    
    # Check that padding color is applied correctly by sampling a corner pixel
    # Top-left corner should be black (part of the padding)
    top_left_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((0, 0))
    
    # Original image should be at offset (5, 5)
    original_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((5, 5))

def test_padding_with_zero_pad():
    """Test padding with pad=0 (no padding)."""
    # Create a simple 80x80 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (80, 80), color="yellow")
    
    # Apply padding with pad=0
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=0); padded_image = codeflash_output # 25.3μs -> 10.8μs (135% faster)

def test_padding_with_asymmetric_image():
    """Test padding on an image with different width and height."""
    # Create a 200x100 rectangular image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (200, 100), color="cyan")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=15); padded_image = codeflash_output # 41.1μs -> 45.5μs (9.76% slower)

def test_original_image_position_after_padding():
    """Test that the original image is correctly positioned at offset (pad, pad)."""
    # Create a 50x50 image with a distinct color
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="magenta")
    
    # Apply padding with pad=10
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10, background_color="white"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 22.7μs -> 26.2μs (13.4% slower)
    
    # Check that a pixel from the original image is at the correct position
    # The original image starts at (10, 10)
    pixel_at_original_start = padded_image.getpixel((10, 10))
    
    # Check that padding is applied at edges
    pixel_at_top_left = padded_image.getpixel((0, 0))

def test_padding_preserves_original_image_data():
    """Test that the original image data is not modified."""
    # Create a 40x40 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (40, 40), color="red")
    original_size = original_image.size
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10); padded_image = codeflash_output # 21.1μs -> 25.2μs (16.1% slower)

def test_padding_with_rgba_image():
    """Test padding with an RGBA image (with alpha channel)."""
    # Create an RGBA image
    original_image = Image.new("RGBA", (60, 60), color=(255, 0, 0, 128))
    
    # Apply padding with white background
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10, background_color="white"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 28.0μs -> 31.2μs (10.3% slower)

def test_padding_with_grayscale_image():
    """Test padding with a grayscale (L mode) image."""
    # Create a grayscale image
    original_image = Image.new("L", (50, 50), color=128)
    
    # Apply padding with gray background
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5, background_color=100); padded_image = codeflash_output # 17.2μs -> 19.9μs (13.7% slower)

def test_padding_returns_new_image_instance():
    """Test that padding returns a new image instance, not the original."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10); padded_image = codeflash_output # 21.9μs -> 25.9μs (15.6% slower)

def test_padding_with_negative_pad_raises_error():
    """Test that negative pad value raises ValueError."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="red")
    
    # Attempt to apply negative padding
    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
        pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=-5) # 2.35μs -> 2.47μs (4.89% slower)

def test_padding_with_very_small_image():
    """Test padding on a 1x1 pixel image."""
    # Create a 1x1 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (1, 1), color="blue")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5); padded_image = codeflash_output # 18.8μs -> 23.0μs (18.1% slower)
    
    # Check that the single original pixel is at correct position
    original_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((5, 5))

def test_padding_with_large_pad_value():
    """Test padding with a large pad value."""
    # Create a small 10x10 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (10, 10), color="green")
    
    # Apply padding with large value
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=100); padded_image = codeflash_output # 46.6μs -> 50.6μs (7.85% slower)

def test_padding_single_pixel_width_image():
    """Test padding on an image with one pixel width."""
    # Create a 1x100 image (single column)
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (1, 100), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5); padded_image = codeflash_output # 20.4μs -> 24.2μs (15.8% slower)

def test_padding_single_pixel_height_image():
    """Test padding on an image with one pixel height."""
    # Create a 100x1 image (single row)
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 1), color="blue")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5); padded_image = codeflash_output # 19.9μs -> 23.2μs (14.2% slower)

def test_padding_with_numeric_background_color():
    """Test padding with numeric color value for grayscale images."""
    # Create a grayscale image
    original_image = Image.new("L", (50, 50), color=200)
    
    # Apply padding with numeric background color
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=8, background_color=50); padded_image = codeflash_output # 17.0μs -> 19.8μs (14.1% slower)
    
    # Check padding color
    padding_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((0, 0))

def test_padding_with_named_color():
    """Test padding with various named colors."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (40, 40), color="red")
    
    # Test with different named colors
    named_colors = ["black", "white", "red", "green", "blue", "yellow", "cyan", "magenta"]
    
    for color in named_colors:
        codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=3, background_color=color); padded_image = codeflash_output # 107μs -> 119μs (10.2% slower)

def test_padding_corners_have_correct_color():
    """Test that all four corners have the correct padding color."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding with black background
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10, background_color="black"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 22.3μs -> 25.7μs (13.1% slower)
    
    # Check all four corners
    corners = [
        (0, 0),           # top-left
        (69, 0),          # top-right
        (0, 69),          # bottom-left
        (69, 69),         # bottom-right
    ]
    
    for corner in corners:
        pixel = padded_image.getpixel(corner)

def test_padding_edges_have_correct_color():
    """Test that padding along edges (not corners) has correct color."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (40, 40), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5, background_color="white"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 20.5μs -> 24.4μs (15.9% slower)
    
    # Check pixels on edges (not corners)
    edge_pixels = [
        (2, 0),   # top edge
        (4, 4),   # left edge
        (8, 0),   # top edge
    ]
    
    for pixel_pos in edge_pixels:
        pixel = padded_image.getpixel(pixel_pos)

def test_padding_with_very_large_image():
    """Test padding on a large image."""
    # Create a 2000x2000 image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (2000, 2000), color="blue")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=50); padded_image = codeflash_output # 13.8ms -> 5.58ms (147% faster)
    
    # Check that original image is at correct position
    original_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((50, 50))

def test_padding_with_1_pad_value():
    """Test padding with minimal positive pad value."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100), color="green")
    
    # Apply minimal padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=1, background_color="black"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 29.6μs -> 32.5μs (8.87% slower)

def test_padding_maintains_original_center_pixels():
    """Test that original image pixels are preserved in the center."""
    # Create an image with pattern
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (10, 10), color="yellow")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5, background_color="red"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 19.0μs -> 23.6μs (19.4% slower)
    
    # Check center pixels from original image
    center_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((9, 9))  # Center of original image would be at (5+4, 5+4)

def test_padding_with_tuple_background_color():
    """Test padding with RGB tuple as background color."""
    # Create a simple RGB image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (50, 50), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding with RGB tuple
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=5, background_color=(100, 150, 200)); padded_image = codeflash_output # 19.6μs -> 22.7μs (13.6% slower)
    
    # Check padding color
    padding_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((0, 0))

def test_padding_performance_with_large_image():
    """Test that padding works efficiently with large images."""
    # Create a large 1000x1000 image
    large_image = Image.new("RGB", (1000, 1000), color="cyan")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(large_image, pad=25, background_color="magenta"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 2.79ms -> 1.38ms (103% faster)

def test_padding_multiple_times():
    """Test applying padding multiple times in succession."""
    # Create a simple image
    original_image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100), color="red")
    
    # Apply padding multiple times
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=10, background_color="white"); padded_once = codeflash_output # 31.1μs -> 34.8μs (10.8% slower)
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(padded_once, pad=10, background_color="black"); padded_twice = codeflash_output # 29.3μs -> 30.4μs (3.59% slower)
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(padded_twice, pad=10, background_color="green"); padded_thrice = codeflash_output # 31.8μs -> 32.4μs (1.76% slower)
    
    # Original red pixel should still be accessible at offset 30 (10+10+10)
    red_pixel = padded_thrice.getpixel((30, 30))

def test_padding_with_various_image_sizes():
    """Test padding with a range of different image sizes."""
    # Test with various sizes
    sizes = [
        (10, 10),
        (50, 100),
        (200, 150),
        (500, 500),
        (1000, 500),
    ]
    
    for width, height in sizes:
        original_image = Image.new("RGB", (width, height), color="blue")
        codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(original_image, pad=20, background_color="white"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 836μs -> 855μs (2.19% slower)
        
        expected_width = width + 40
        expected_height = height + 40

def test_padding_preserves_data_integrity_across_image():
    """Test that data integrity is maintained across different regions of a large padded image."""
    # Create a large image
    large_image = Image.new("RGB", (800, 800), color="yellow")
    
    # Apply padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(large_image, pad=30, background_color="blue"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 640μs -> 647μs (1.15% slower)
    
    # Sample multiple points within the original image area
    test_points = [
        (30, 30),    # top-left of original
        (30 + 400, 30 + 400),  # center
        (30 + 799, 30 + 799),  # bottom-right of original
        (30 + 100, 30 + 200),  # arbitrary point
    ]
    
    for point in test_points:
        pixel = padded_image.getpixel(point)
    
    # Sample padding areas
    padding_points = [
        (0, 0),      # top-left corner padding
        (15, 15),    # middle of padding
        (859, 859),  # bottom-right corner padding
    ]
    
    for point in padding_points:
        pixel = padded_image.getpixel(point)

def test_padding_with_large_pad_on_large_image():
    """Test padding with a large pad value on a large image."""
    # Create a large image
    large_image = Image.new("RGB", (500, 500), color="red")
    
    # Apply large padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(large_image, pad=200, background_color="white"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 552μs -> 557μs (0.954% slower)
    
    # Verify original image position
    original_start_pixel = padded_image.getpixel((200, 200))

def test_padding_with_maximum_realistic_dimensions():
    """Test padding with very large but realistic image dimensions."""
    # Create a large image (max realistic size without exceeding reasonable memory)
    large_image = Image.new("RGB", (3000, 3000), color="green")
    
    # Apply moderate padding
    codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(large_image, pad=50, background_color="black"); padded_image = codeflash_output # 32.5ms -> 16.0ms (103% faster)

def test_padding_consistency_across_many_calls():
    """Test that padding behaves consistently across many function calls."""
    # Create a test image
    test_image = Image.new("RGB", (100, 100), color="red")
    
    # Call padding function multiple times with same parameters
    results = []
    for _ in range(10):
        codeflash_output = pad_image_with_background_color(test_image, pad=15, background_color="white"); padded = codeflash_output # 262μs -> 281μs (6.62% slower)
        results.append(padded)
    
    # All results should have the same dimensions
    for i, padded_img in enumerate(results):
        
        # All results should have same padding color at corner
        corner_pixel = padded_img.getpixel((0, 0))
# 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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