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[BUG] Fix dna2rna() O(n²) performance and docstring parameter name (#337)
#### Reference Issues/PRs Closes #323. #### What does this implement/fix? Explain your changes. `dna2rna()` in `pyaptamer/utils/_rna.py` used `str.replace()` inside a `for char in result` loop to replace unknown nucleotides with `'N'`. This caused O(n²) performance because: 1. `str.replace()` scans the entire string for each unique unknown character 2. The loop iterates over the original string snapshot while `result` is reassigned on each replacement The fix replaces the two-step approach (first `str.translate` for T→U, then loop for unknowns) with a single-pass generator expression that handles both T→U conversion and unknown→N replacement in one character-by-character scan, achieving O(n) time complexity. Benchmark comparison (from issue #323): | Input Size | Before (loop + `.replace()`) | After (`join` + genexpr) | Speedup | |------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|---------| | 100,000 | ~0.30s | ~0.006s | ~50x | | 500,000 | ~7.40s | ~0.028s | ~264x | Also fixes the docstring parameter name from `seq` to `sequence` to match the actual function signature. #### What should a reviewer concentrate their feedback on? - The single-pass approach preserves exact behavior (T→U, unknown→N, valid characters unchanged) - All 20 existing RNA tests pass plus 1 new regression test for repeated unknowns #### Did you add any tests for the change? Yes, added `test_dna2rna_repeated_unknowns` which verifies: - All-unknown sequences are correctly replaced with 'N' - Mixed valid/unknown sequences are handled correctly - A 10,000-character unknown sequence runs without timeout (would take ~0.3s with the old O(n²) code) #### Any other comments? Full test suite: 338 passed, 3 skipped. All doctests pass. #### PR checklist - [x] The PR title starts with either [ENH], [MNT], [DOC], or [BUG]. [BUG] - bugfix, [MNT] - CI, test framework, [ENH] - adding or improving code, [DOC] - writing or improving documentation or docstrings. - [x] Added/modified tests - [x] Used pre-commit hooks when committing to ensure that code is compliant with hooks. Install hooks with `pre-commit install`. To run hooks independent of commit, execute `pre-commit run --all-files` --------- Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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_VALID_NUCLEOTIDES = frozenset("ACGU")
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def dna2rna(sequence: str) -> str:
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# replace nucleotides 'T' with 'U'
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result = sequence.translate(str.maketrans("T", "U"))
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for char in result:
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if char not in "ACGU":
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result = result.replace(char, "N") # replace unknown nucleotides with 'N'
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result = "".join(char if char in _VALID_NUCLEOTIDES else "N" for char in result)
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return result
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