Detect Excessive Vec Cloning in Soroban

[mijinummi]

🧠 Concept

Detect unnecessary vector cloning in Rust/Soroban contracts.

⚠️ Problem

Excessive cloning increases memory and execution costs.

📁 Implementation Scope

• rules/stellar/optimization/

✅ Requirements

• Detect repeated .clone() usage
• Suggest borrowing where possible

🎯 Acceptance Criteria

• Excessive cloning detected

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