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From: "codeflash-ai[bot]"
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Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2025 03:36:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Optimize CacheFactory.get_cache_types

The optimization replaces `list(cls._registry.keys())` with `[*cls._registry]` (unpacking syntax). This change eliminates the intermediate `dict_keys` object creation step that occurs with `.keys()`. When using unpacking syntax `[*dict]`, Python directly iterates over the dictionary's keys without creating the intermediate view object, resulting in fewer function calls and object allocations.

The 26% speedup comes from avoiding the overhead of:
1. Calling the `.keys()` method
2. Creating a `dict_keys` view object
3. Passing that view to the `list()` constructor

The unpacking approach directly constructs the list from the dictionary's key iteration, which is more efficient in CPython's implementation. Both approaches preserve the same iteration order (insertion order in modern Python dictionaries) and produce identical results.

The test results show consistent performance gains across different scenarios (17.9-26.7% faster), indicating this optimization is particularly effective for small to medium-sized registries, which is typical for factory pattern implementations like cache type registration.
---
 graphrag/cache/factory.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/graphrag/cache/factory.py b/graphrag/cache/factory.py
index 331540260d..8ac329619e 100644
--- a/graphrag/cache/factory.py
+++ b/graphrag/cache/factory.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ def create_cache(cls, cache_type: str, kwargs: dict) -> PipelineCache:
     @classmethod
     def get_cache_types(cls) -> list[str]:
         """Get the registered cache implementations."""
-        return list(cls._registry.keys())
+        return [*cls._registry]
 
     @classmethod
     def is_supported_type(cls, cache_type: str) -> bool: