⚡️ Speed up function areIntersecting by 40%

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📄 40% (0.40x) speedup for areIntersecting in app/client/src/utils/boxHelpers.ts

⏱️ Runtime : 41.8 microseconds → 29.8 microseconds (best of 250 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

This optimization achieves a 40% runtime improvement (from 41.8μs to 29.8μs) by eliminating unnecessary intermediate variable assignments in a rectangle intersection check.

What Changed:
The optimized version removes all 8 local variable declarations (l1, r1r, t1, b1, l2, r2r, t2, b2) and directly accesses the rectangle properties in the return statement's comparison expression.

Why It's Faster:

1. Reduced memory operations: The original code performs 8 variable assignments (storing each property to a local variable), then reads those variables for comparison. The optimized version accesses each property directly once, eliminating 8 write operations and the associated memory allocation overhead.

2. Lower interpreter overhead: Each statement in JavaScript/TypeScript has execution overhead (parsing, interpreting, memory management). By reducing from 9 statements to 1, the interpreter has less work to do per function call.

3. Improved CPU cache efficiency: With fewer memory locations involved, the processor's cache remains more efficient. Modern JavaScript engines can also better optimize a single-expression function through JIT compilation.

Performance Profile:
The line profiler shows the original code spent ~28ms across 8 assignment statements (lines 9-17), which is completely eliminated in the optimized version. The comparison logic itself (line 19) takes negligible time in both versions, confirming that the bottleneck was the variable creation overhead.

Test Results:
The optimization shows particularly strong gains in:

• Edge cases with special values (NaN: 77% faster, Infinity: 94% faster, negative coordinates: 116% faster)
• Performance tests with repeated calls (up to 112% faster in batch operations)
• Most basic functionality tests (45-90% faster)

A few tests show minor slowdowns (1-13%), likely due to measurement variance in sub-microsecond timing, but the overall improvement is consistent and significant across the test suite.

This optimization is ideal for high-frequency collision detection, UI layout calculations, or any scenario involving repeated rectangle intersection checks.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 5110 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Click to see Generated Regression Tests

// @ts-nocheck
// imports
import { areIntersecting } from '../src/utils/boxHelpers';

// unit tests
describe('areIntersecting', () => {
    // Basic Test Cases
    describe('Basic functionality', () => {
        test('should detect overlapping rectangles (partial overlap)', () => {
            // Two rectangles that partially overlap in both axes
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 5, right: 15, top: 5, bottom: 15 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.84μs -> 1.62μs (13.9% faster)
            // symmetry: order shouldn't matter for intersection result
            expect(areIntersecting(r2, r1)).toBe(true);
        });

        test('should detect containment (one rectangle fully inside another)', () => {
            // r2 is strictly inside r1
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 2, right: 8, top: 2, bottom: 8 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.12μs -> 1.22μs (7.90% slower)
            expect(areIntersecting(r2, r1)).toBe(true);
        });

        test('should return false for clearly disjoint rectangles (to the right)', () => {
            // r2 is completely to the right of r1 with a gap
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10.1, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.14μs -> 1.18μs (3.64% slower)
            expect(areIntersecting(r2, r1)).toBe(false);
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles only touch at an edge (no overlap)', () => {
            // r2's left edge equals r1's right edge -> touching but not overlapping
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.23μs -> 1.16μs (6.06% faster)
            expect(areIntersecting(r2, r1)).toBe(false);
        });
    });

    // Edge Test Cases
    describe('Edge cases', () => {
        test('point-like (zero-area) rectangle strictly inside another should be considered intersecting according to implementation', () => {
            // r2 is a "point" at (5,5); given function uses strict inequalities,
            // a zero-area point strictly inside the bounds will satisfy all < and > checks.
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 5, right: 5, top: 5, bottom: 5 }; // zero-width & zero-height point

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 589ns -> 600ns (1.83% slower)
        });

        test('point-like rectangle exactly on the edge should NOT be intersecting', () => {
            // r2 is a "point" on the right edge of r1: left==right==10
            // because comparisons are strict (< and >), this should return false.
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10, right: 10, top: 5, bottom: 5 }; // point on vertical edge

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 771ns -> 518ns (48.8% faster)
        });

        test('negative coordinates and overlap across negative/positive boundary', () => {
            // Rectangles spanning negative coordinates that overlap
            const r1 = { left: -10, right: 0, top: -10, bottom: 0 };
            const r2 = { left: -5, right: 5, top: -5, bottom: 5 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 610ns -> 582ns (4.81% faster)
        });

        test('floating point coordinates (precision) should behave correctly', () => {
            // Using floats where edges overlap by a small epsilon
            const r1 = { left: 0.0, right: 1.000001, top: 0.0, bottom: 1.000001 };
            const r2 = { left: 1.0000005, right: 2.0, top: 1.0000005, bottom: 2.0 };

            // r2's left is slightly less than r1.right, so they intersect per implementation
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 661ns -> 620ns (6.61% faster)
        });

        test('rectangles with inverted coordinates (left > right or top > bottom) are treated as non-intersecting', () => {
            // r1 has left > right (inverted); function does not normalize, so comparisons should fail
            const r1 = { left: 10, right: 0, top: 0, bottom: 10 }; // invalid orientation
            const r2 = { left: 2, right: 8, top: 2, bottom: 8 };

            // Since r1.right is 0, many comparisons become false -> no intersection
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 588ns -> 576ns (2.08% faster)
        });

        test('coordinates containing NaN should yield false (comparisons with NaN are false)', () => {
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: NaN, right: 5, top: 2, bottom: 8 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.14μs -> 646ns (77.1% faster)
        });

        test('infinite bounds behave like numeric comparisons (infinite extents intersect appropriately)', () => {
            // r1 has infinite right; any finite r2 inside will intersect
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: Infinity, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 1000000, right: 1000001, top: 1, bottom: 2 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.16μs -> 600ns (94.0% faster)
        });

        test('shared edge vertically should not count as intersection', () => {
            // r2 directly below r1 and touching at edge (bottom of r1 = top of r2)
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 2, right: 8, top: 10, bottom: 20 };

            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 572ns -> 578ns (1.04% slower)
        });
    });

    // Large Scale Test Cases
    describe('Performance tests', () => {
        test('should handle many rectangle pairs efficiently (batch of 500 pairs all intersecting)', () => {
            // Create 500 rectangle pairs where each pair intersects (one inside another)
            const COUNT = 500;
            const pairs = [];
            for (let i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
                const base = i * 10;
                const outer = { left: base, right: base + 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
                const inner = { left: base + 2, right: base + 8, top: 2, bottom: 8 };
                pairs.push([outer, inner]);
            }

            // Count how many pairs are reported as intersecting. Expect COUNT.
            let trueCount = 0;
            for (let i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
                const [a, b] = pairs[i];
                if (areIntersecting(a, b)) trueCount++;
            }

            expect(trueCount).toBe(COUNT);  // 635ns -> 572ns (11.0% faster)
        });

        test('should correctly identify a mix of intersecting and non-intersecting pairs (500 pairs)', () => {
            // Create 500 pairs where even indices intersect and odd indices do not.
            const COUNT = 500;
            let detectedIntersecting = 0;
            let detectedNonIntersecting = 0;

            for (let i = 0; i < COUNT; i++) {
                const base = i * 20; // space them out so non-intersecting ones are clearly apart
                if (i % 2 === 0) {
                    // intersecting: inner inside outer
                    const outer = { left: base, right: base + 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
                    const inner = { left: base + 1, right: base + 9, top: 1, bottom: 9 };
                    if (areIntersecting(outer, inner)) detectedIntersecting++;
                } else {
                    // non-intersecting: create a gap between outer and other
                    const outer = { left: base, right: base + 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
                    const other = { left: base + 10 /* touching edge */, right: base + 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
                    if (!areIntersecting(outer, other)) detectedNonIntersecting++;
                }
            }

            expect(detectedIntersecting).toBe(Math.ceil(COUNT / 2));  // 1.78μs -> 1.10μs (62.0% faster)
            expect(detectedNonIntersecting).toBe(Math.floor(COUNT / 2));
        });
    });
});

// @ts-nocheck
// imports
import { areIntersecting } from '../src/utils/boxHelpers';

// unit tests
describe('areIntersecting', () => {
    // Basic Test Cases
    describe('Basic functionality', () => {
        test('should return true when two rectangles clearly overlap', () => {
            // Two rectangles that obviously overlap in the middle
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 5, right: 15, top: 5, bottom: 15 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.83μs -> 1.26μs (45.6% faster)
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles are completely separate horizontally', () => {
            // r2 is completely to the right of r1
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 20, right: 30, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.32μs -> 1.04μs (27.0% faster)
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles are completely separate vertically', () => {
            // r2 is completely below r1
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 20, bottom: 30 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.24μs -> 1.18μs (4.90% faster)
        });

        test('should return true when one rectangle is completely inside another', () => {
            // r2 is entirely within r1
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 20 };
            const r2 = { left: 5, right: 15, top: 5, bottom: 15 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.27μs -> 731ns (73.2% faster)
        });

        test('should return true when rectangles are the same', () => {
            // Both rectangles are identical
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.07μs -> 606ns (76.6% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with negative coordinates', () => {
            // Rectangles with negative coordinates that overlap
            const r1 = { left: -10, right: 0, top: -10, bottom: 0 };
            const r2 = { left: -5, right: 5, top: -5, bottom: 5 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 2.15μs -> 1.13μs (90.4% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with negative coordinates that do not overlap', () => {
            // Non-overlapping rectangles with negative coordinates
            const r1 = { left: -20, right: -10, top: -20, bottom: -10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10, right: 20, top: 10, bottom: 20 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.15μs -> 535ns (116% faster)
        });
    });

    // Edge Test Cases
    describe('Edge cases', () => {
        test('should return false when rectangles touch at a single point (corner to corner)', () => {
            // r1's bottom-right corner touches r2's top-left corner
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10, right: 20, top: 10, bottom: 20 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.13μs -> 551ns (105% faster)
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles touch along an edge (no overlap)', () => {
            // r1's right edge touches r2's left edge
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.14μs -> 997ns (14.4% faster)
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles touch on top edge (no overlap)', () => {
            // r1's bottom edge touches r2's top edge
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 10, bottom: 20 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.00μs -> 563ns (77.6% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with zero width', () => {
            // r1 has zero width (left === right)
            const r1 = { left: 10, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.21μs -> 577ns (110% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with zero height', () => {
            // r1 has zero height (top === bottom)
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 5, bottom: 5 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 949ns -> 605ns (56.9% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with zero dimensions', () => {
            // Both rectangles have zero dimensions
            const r1 = { left: 5, right: 5, top: 5, bottom: 5 };
            const r2 = { left: 5, right: 5, top: 5, bottom: 5 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 1.09μs -> 567ns (92.1% faster)
        });

        test('should handle very small rectangles that overlap', () => {
            // Tiny rectangles that overlap
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 0.1, top: 0, bottom: 0.1 };
            const r2 = { left: 0.05, right: 0.15, top: 0.05, bottom: 0.15 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.01μs -> 636ns (58.5% faster)
        });

        test('should handle decimal coordinates with precision', () => {
            // High precision decimal coordinates
            const r1 = { left: 0.1, right: 10.5, top: 0.2, bottom: 10.8 };
            const r2 = { left: 5.3, right: 15.7, top: 5.4, bottom: 15.9 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.16μs -> 620ns (86.9% faster)
        });

        test('should handle large coordinate values', () => {
            // Very large coordinates
            const r1 = { left: 1000000, right: 2000000, top: 1000000, bottom: 2000000 };
            const r2 = { left: 1500000, right: 2500000, top: 1500000, bottom: 2500000 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.09μs -> 595ns (82.5% faster)
        });

        test('should handle inverted rectangles (left > right)', () => {
            // r1 has left > right (technically invalid but test robustness)
            const r1 = { left: 20, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 0, right: 30, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            // The function logic should handle this; result depends on implementation
            const result = areIntersecting(r1, r2);
            expect(typeof result).toBe('boolean');  // 1.16μs -> 782ns (48.7% faster)
        });

        test('should handle rectangles with exact fractional overlaps', () => {
            // Rectangles with minimal fractional overlap
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 9.99, right: 20, top: 9.99, bottom: 20 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(true);  // 1.07μs -> 634ns (69.1% faster)
        });

        test('should return false when rectangles are separated by minimal distance', () => {
            // Rectangles separated by very small gap
            const r1 = { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            const r2 = { left: 10.01, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 };
            expect(areIntersecting(r1, r2)).toBe(false);  // 888ns -> 537ns (65.4% faster)
        });
    });

    // Large Scale Test Cases
    describe('Performance tests', () => {
        test('should handle many intersection checks efficiently', () => {
            // Create a base rectangle
            const baseRect = { left: 0, right: 100, top: 0, bottom: 100 };

            // Perform 500 intersection checks
            for (let i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
                const testRect = {
                    left: Math.random() * 200 - 50,
                    right: Math.random() * 200 + 50,
                    top: Math.random() * 200 - 50,
                    bottom: Math.random() * 200 + 50,
                };
                const result = areIntersecting(baseRect, testRect);
                expect(typeof result).toBe('boolean');  // 1.20μs -> 564ns (112% faster)
            }
        });

        test('should handle grid of rectangles efficiently', () => {
            // Create a grid of rectangles and check intersections
            const gridSize = 30; // 30x30 grid
            const rectangles = [];

            // Generate grid of rectangles
            for (let i = 0; i < gridSize; i++) {
                for (let j = 0; j < gridSize; j++) {
                    rectangles.push({
                        left: i * 10,
                        right: (i + 1) * 10,
                        top: j * 10,
                        bottom: (j + 1) * 10,
                    });
                }
            }

            // Check intersections between adjacent rectangles
            let intersectionCount = 0;
            for (let i = 0; i < rectangles.length - 1; i++) {
                if (areIntersecting(rectangles[i], rectangles[i + 1])) {
                    intersectionCount++;
                }
            }

            expect(intersectionCount).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);  // 1.08μs -> 552ns (95.8% faster)
            expect(typeof intersectionCount).toBe('number');
        });

        test('should handle 100 rectangles with all pairwise comparisons', () => {
            // Generate 100 random rectangles
            const rectangles = [];
            for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
                rectangles.push({
                    left: Math.random() * 1000,
                    right: Math.random() * 1000 + 100,
                    top: Math.random() * 1000,
                    bottom: Math.random() * 1000 + 100,
                });
            }

            // Perform pairwise intersection checks (sample to avoid excessive iterations)
            let totalChecks = 0;
            for (let i = 0; i < rectangles.length; i += 2) {
                for (let j = i + 1; j < rectangles.length; j += 2) {
                    const result = areIntersecting(rectangles[i], rectangles[j]);
                    expect(typeof result).toBe('boolean');  // 1.03μs -> 1.01μs (1.78% faster)
                    totalChecks++;
                }
            }

            expect(totalChecks).toBeGreaterThan(0);
        });

        test('should consistently return same result for repeated calls', () => {
            // Test that the function is deterministic
            const r1 = { left: 10, right: 50, top: 20, bottom: 60 };
            const r2 = { left: 40, right: 80, top: 50, bottom: 90 };

            const results = [];
            for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
                results.push(areIntersecting(r1, r2));
            }

            // All results should be the same
            const firstResult = results[0];
            expect(results.every((result) => result === firstResult)).toBe(true);  // 902ns -> 964ns (6.43% slower)
        });

        test('should handle various rectangles patterns at scale', () => {
            // Test multiple patterns: overlapping, touching, separated
            const patterns = [
                // Overlapping pattern
                [
                    { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 },
                    { left: 5, right: 15, top: 5, bottom: 15 },
                ],
                // Separated pattern
                [
                    { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 },
                    { left: 20, right: 30, top: 20, bottom: 30 },
                ],
                // Nested pattern
                [
                    { left: 0, right: 100, top: 0, bottom: 100 },
                    { left: 25, right: 75, top: 25, bottom: 75 },
                ],
                // Touching edge pattern
                [
                    { left: 0, right: 10, top: 0, bottom: 10 },
                    { left: 10, right: 20, top: 0, bottom: 10 },
                ],
            ];

            let totalResults = 0;
            for (let i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
                for (const [r1, r2] of patterns) {
                    const result = areIntersecting(r1, r2);
                    expect(typeof result).toBe('boolean');  // 864ns -> 999ns (13.5% slower)
                    totalResults++;
                }
            }

            expect(totalResults).toBe(400);
        });
    });
});

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