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💡 What: The optimization implemented
Extracted the regex r'\[bottle\.[^\]]+\][ \t]*\nurl[ \t]*=[ \t]*"[^"]*"[ \t]*\nsha256[ \t]*=[ \t]*"[^"]*"[ \t]*\n' to a module-level constant named BOTTLE_SECTION_PATTERN compiled with re.compile(). We then use BOTTLE_SECTION_PATTERN.finditer(content) instead of re.finditer(..., content).

🎯 Why: The performance problem it solves
In scripts/update-bottles.py, the update_bottle_section function had a static regex inside a call to re.finditer(...). This regex was being repeatedly compiled every time the function was called. Pre-compiling it avoids that overhead.

📊 Measured Improvement:
I created a benchmark.py using timeit to run the loop logic 100,000 times over a dummy formula string.
Results:

  • Unoptimized time: 0.582422s
  • Optimized time: 0.398350s
  • Improvement: 31.60%

PR created automatically by Jules for task 3595482695959040259 started by @Serendeep

Extract the repeatedly compiled regex pattern in `update_bottle_section`
into a module-level precompiled constant (`BOTTLE_SECTION_PATTERN`).
This avoids recompiling the regex on every iteration of the loop or every
time `update_bottle_section` is called.

A benchmark script showed a ~31% performance improvement.

Co-authored-by: Serendeep <36764254+Serendeep@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview

Optimizes scripts/update-bottles.py by precompiling the static “bottle section” regex so repeated calls avoid re-compilation overhead, and adds a standalone benchmark script used to measure the improvement.

Changes:

  • Precompile the bottle-section regex as a module-level BOTTLE_SECTION_PATTERN and reuse it via .finditer(...).
  • Replace the inline re.finditer(...) call in update_bottle_section with the precompiled pattern.
  • Add a benchmark.py script to measure the optimization impact.

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File Description
scripts/update-bottles.py Extracts and precompiles the bottle-section regex for reuse during section scanning.
benchmark.py Adds a local timeit benchmark to compare unoptimized vs optimized regex iteration.

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import timeit
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import re at module top is unused in this benchmark script (the regex module is only imported inside the timeit setup strings). Please remove the unused import to avoid lint failures and reduce confusion about what the benchmark depends on.

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import timeit
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content = """[package]
name = "test"

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This PR adds benchmark.py at the repository root, but it isn't referenced by docs, CI, or the scripts/ tooling. Consider moving it under a dedicated location (e.g., scripts/bench/ or tools/) or excluding it from the PR to avoid leaving an orphan utility at the top level.

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