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Speed up getpixel() and get_flattened_data() #9881

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Add benchmark for get_flattened_data
akx Aug 20, 2026
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Speed up getpixel() (and get_flattened_data() as a side effect)
akx Aug 20, 2026
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12 changes: 12 additions & 0 deletions Tests/benchmarks.py
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Expand Up @@ -898,3 +898,15 @@ def test_quantize_to_palette(
result = bench(lambda: im._new(im.im.convert(output_mode, dither, palette.im)))
assert result.mode == output_mode
benchmark_save(result)


@pytest.mark.benchmark
@pytest.mark.parametrize("mode", MODES)
@pytest.mark.parametrize("size", SIZES, ids=_format_size)
def test_get_flattened_data(
bench: BenchmarkFixture,
mode: str,
size: tuple[int, int],
) -> None:
im = make_pillow_image(mode, size)
bench(im.get_flattened_data)
29 changes: 24 additions & 5 deletions src/_imaging.c
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Expand Up @@ -523,6 +523,27 @@ float16tofloat32(const FLOAT16 in) {
return out[0];
}

static inline PyObject *
make_pixel_tuple(const UINT8 *b, Py_ssize_t bands) {
PyObject *tuple = PyTuple_New(bands);
if (tuple == NULL) {
return NULL;
}
for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < bands; i++) {
PyObject *v = PyLong_FromLong(b[i]);
if (v == NULL) {
Py_DECREF(tuple);
return NULL;
}
PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, i, v);
}
// We know these tuples will only have small integers,
// so we can tell the garbage collector to not look inside
// for cycles.
PyObject_GC_UnTrack(tuple);
return tuple;
}

static inline PyObject *
getpixel(Imaging im, ImagingAccess access, int x, int y) {
union {
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -552,13 +573,11 @@ getpixel(Imaging im, ImagingAccess access, int x, int y) {
case 1:
return PyLong_FromLong(pixel.b[0]);
case 2:
return Py_BuildValue("BB", pixel.b[0], pixel.b[1]);
return make_pixel_tuple(pixel.b, 2);
case 3:
return Py_BuildValue("BBB", pixel.b[0], pixel.b[1], pixel.b[2]);
return make_pixel_tuple(pixel.b, 3);
case 4:
return Py_BuildValue(
"BBBB", pixel.b[0], pixel.b[1], pixel.b[2], pixel.b[3]
);
return make_pixel_tuple(pixel.b, 4);
}
break;
case IMAGING_TYPE_INT32:
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