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💡 What: Modified _assignment_callee and _collect_return_paths to accept Iterable[ast.AST] instead of list[ast.AST] and removed list() wrappers around ast.iter_child_nodes and func_node.body during recursive AST walks.
🎯 Why: Creating new list objects for every AST node's children during deep recursive traversal causes unnecessary memory allocations and GC pressure.
📊 Impact: Reduces memory footprint and generator materialization overhead during L2 taint analysis.
🔬 Measurement: Run the test suite and observe successful execution; memory profiling would show fewer list allocations per AST walk.


PR created automatically by Jules for task 479154551959311224 started by @tachyon-beep

Modified `_assignment_callee` and `_collect_return_paths` to accept
`Iterable[ast.AST]` instead of `list[ast.AST]`. Removed `list()` wrappers
around `ast.iter_child_nodes` and `func_node.body` during recursive AST
walks to prevent unnecessary memory allocations and generator
materialization overhead.

Co-authored-by: tachyon-beep <544926+tachyon-beep@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview

Optimizes the L2 taint analysis AST traversal by removing eager list() materialization during recursive walks, reducing allocation/GC overhead while preserving traversal semantics.

Changes:

  • Updated _assignment_callee and _collect_return_paths to accept Iterable[ast.AST].
  • Removed list() wrappers around func_node.body and ast.iter_child_nodes(...) in recursive traversal.
  • Added a short internal note under .jules/ documenting the optimization rationale for future changes.

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File Description
src/wardline/scanner/taint/variable_level.py Avoids eager list creation during AST recursion by accepting/passing iterables directly.
.jules/bolt.md Documents the “avoid eager AST child node materialization” learning/action for future PRs.

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Modified `_assignment_callee` and `_collect_return_paths` to accept
`Iterable[ast.AST]` instead of `list[ast.AST]`. Removed `list()` wrappers
around `ast.iter_child_nodes` and `func_node.body` during recursive AST
walks to prevent unnecessary memory allocations and generator
materialization overhead. Also fixed formatting in unrelated files that
failed CI.

Co-authored-by: tachyon-beep <544926+tachyon-beep@users.noreply.github.com>
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