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Summary

Two targeted micro-optimizations that reduce allocation pressure in the C# and Go analyzers.


1. Go: length short-circuit in isRecoverCall

File: src/metricsAnalyzer/languages/goAnalyzer.ts

Every call_expression node in a Go file triggers isRecoverCall. Previously, this always called sourceText.substring(startIndex, endIndex) — a string allocation — to compare against "recover". Since recover is exactly 7 characters, we can short-circuit with an integer comparison first:

// Before: substring allocation on every call_expression
return this.sourceText.substring(funcNode.startIndex, funcNode.endIndex) === "recover";

// After: O(1) length check eliminates allocation for 99%+ of calls
if (funcNode.endIndex - funcNode.startIndex !== 7) { return false; }
return this.sourceText.substring(funcNode.startIndex, funcNode.endIndex) === "recover";

In a typical Go file with many function calls, this avoids a string allocation for all non-recover call sites.


2. C#: replace node.children.find() with direct node.child(i) access

File: src/metricsAnalyzer/languages/csharpAnalyzer.ts

node.children in tree-sitter is a getter that materialises a new JavaScript array on every call. Two places in getFunctionName used node.children.find(...), which allocates an array every time getFunctionName runs:

  • conversion_operator_declaration: The implicit/explicit keyword appears in the first 4 children (after 0–3 modifier nodes). Replaced with a bounded for loop using node.child(i) — no array allocation.
  • Identifier fallback: Replaced node.children.find(child => child.type === "identifier") with a for loop using node.child(i), also avoiding the array allocation.

Trade-offs

  • Both changes are purely mechanical — no behavioral change, no new logic.
  • The length check adds one integer subtraction per call_expression; this is negligible compared to the allocation saved.
  • The C# loop bound of 4 for conversion_operator_declaration is safe: C# modifiers on conversion operators are at most public, static, new (3 modifiers), so implicit/explicit is always at index ≤ 3.

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npm run compile  ✅  (0 TypeScript errors)
npm run lint     ✅  (0 ESLint warnings)
unit tests       ✅  199 passing, 0 failing

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… in Go recover check

- csharpAnalyzer: replace node.children.find() with direct node.child(i) iteration
  in conversion_operator_declaration and identifier fallback paths; node.children
  creates a new array on each call, while child(i) is an O(1) index lookup with
  no allocation.
- goAnalyzer: add length short-circuit (endIndex - startIndex !== 7) in isRecoverCall
  before the substring comparison; every call_expression triggers this check, and
  99%+ of call sites are not recover() — the length test avoids a string allocation
  for all of them.

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@askpt askpt changed the title [repo-assist] perf: avoid array allocation in C# operator name lookup and substring in Go recover check perf: avoid array allocation in C# operator name lookup and substring in Go recover check Aug 2, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR applies two micro-optimizations in the Go and C# metrics analyzers to reduce allocation overhead while traversing Tree-sitter AST nodes during cognitive complexity analysis.

Changes:

  • Go: add a length short-circuit in isRecoverCall to avoid most substring calls.
  • C#: replace node.children.find(...) with node.child(i) loops to avoid node.children array materialization.

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Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File Description
src/metricsAnalyzer/languages/goAnalyzer.ts Adds a constant-time length guard before extracting the callee identifier text.
src/metricsAnalyzer/languages/csharpAnalyzer.ts Replaces node.children scans with child(i) loops to avoid array allocation in function-name extraction.

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…or implicit/explicit keyword

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