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💡 What: Replaced generator comprehensions iterating over dictionaries with O(1) dictionary key lookups (in operator) in _get_direct_connections_by_source and _get_positional_connections_by_source within src/codeweaver/semantic/registry.py.
🎯 Why: The original implementation was using an O(N) linear search to iterate over a dictionary, effectively creating an O(N^2) search bottleneck instead of leveraging the dictionary's O(1) access time. The patch restores direct lookups and fixes an implicit execution fall-through bug in _get_direct_connections_by_source.
📊 Impact: Massively reduces search latency for grammar mappings in semantic lookups. Reduces algorithmic complexity of connection lookups from O(N^2) to O(N) overall, avoiding the generator overhead entirely.
🔬 Measurement: Measure execution time of _get_direct_connections_by_source against a highly populated codebase grammar registry; look for a dramatic reduction in latency under load. The test suite was verified locally confirming the behavior remains exactly identical.


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Summary by Sourcery

Optimize semantic registry connection lookups to use direct dictionary access instead of generator-based scans.

Enhancements:

  • Replace generator-based scans over connection maps with direct dictionary key lookups in _get_direct_connections_by_source and _get_positional_connections_by_source to restore O(1) hash map behavior.
  • Ensure language-specific and cross-language connection lookups short-circuit once the matching source entry is found, avoiding unnecessary iteration.
  • Clarify fallback behavior for positional connection lookups by explicitly returning None when no source entry exists.

Replaced generator comprehensions iterating over dictionaries with O(1) dictionary key lookups (`in` operator) in `_get_direct_connections_by_source` and `_get_positional_connections_by_source`. Also fixed a bug in `_get_direct_connections_by_source` where an implicit fall-through was causing double evaluation.

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Refactors semantic registry connection lookup helpers to use direct dictionary key access and explicit control flow, eliminating O(N^2) generator-based scans and fixing a fall-through bug for language-scoped lookups.

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Change Details Files
Optimize direct connection lookup to use O(1) dict access and correct language-specific control flow.
  • Keep language-specific branch yielding from direct_connections[language].get(source, []) and prevent fall-through into cross-language search by adding an explicit else branch
  • Replace nested generator-based search over _direct_connections dict-of-dicts with a simple loop that checks if source in content and yields from the first match
  • Short-circuit the cross-language search with a break once a matching source key is found to avoid unnecessary iteration
src/codeweaver/semantic/registry.py
Optimize positional connection lookup to use direct dict access instead of generator scans while preserving return semantics.
  • Retain language-specific branch returning positional_connections[language].get(source)
  • Replace the generator-based next(...) over _positional_connections.values() with a for-loop that checks if source in content and returns the first matching entry
  • Return None explicitly when no positional connection is found, matching previous default value
src/codeweaver/semantic/registry.py

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Hey - I've found 1 issue, and left some high level feedback:

  • In both helper methods, consider simplifying the inner loop by using content.get(source) instead of if source in content followed by indexing, which would reduce repetition and avoid an extra hash lookup.
  • The docstring for _get_positional_connections_by_source has a typo (PositionalConnectionss); aligning this with the actual type name will keep the semantic APIs clearer.
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Please address the comments from this code review:

## Overall Comments
- In both helper methods, consider simplifying the inner loop by using `content.get(source)` instead of `if source in content` followed by indexing, which would reduce repetition and avoid an extra hash lookup.
- The docstring for `_get_positional_connections_by_source` has a typo (`PositionalConnectionss`); aligning this with the actual type name will keep the semantic APIs clearer.

## Individual Comments

### Comment 1
<location path="src/codeweaver/semantic/registry.py" line_range="357" />
<code_context>
         """Get PositionalConnectionss by their source Thing name across all languages."""
         if language:
             return self.positional_connections[language].get(source)
</code_context>
<issue_to_address>
**nitpick (typo):** Fix minor typo in the positional connections docstring.

The docstring currently says `PositionalConnectionss` (double `s`); please update to `PositionalConnections` to keep the name consistent with the type.

```suggestion
        """Get PositionalConnections by their source Thing name across all languages."""
```
</issue_to_address>

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def _get_positional_connections_by_source(
self, source: ThingNameT, *, language: SemanticSearchLanguage | None = None
) -> PositionalConnections | None:
"""Get PositionalConnectionss by their source Thing name across all languages."""

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nitpick (typo): Fix minor typo in the positional connections docstring.

The docstring currently says PositionalConnectionss (double s); please update to PositionalConnections to keep the name consistent with the type.

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"""Get PositionalConnectionss by their source Thing name across all languages."""
"""Get PositionalConnections by their source Thing name across all languages."""

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Pull request overview

This PR optimizes semantic registry connection retrieval by replacing generator-based scans over per-language dictionaries with direct key lookups, and it fixes a language-specific direct-connection lookup fall-through that could yield unintended results.

Changes:

  • Refactors _get_direct_connections_by_source to avoid scanning connection maps and to correctly short-circuit when language is provided.
  • Refactors _get_positional_connections_by_source to use direct dictionary key checks/returns instead of nested generator iteration.

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Comment on lines +349 to +352
for content in self._direct_connections.values():
if source in content:
yield from content[source]
break
Comment on lines 357 to +361
"""Get PositionalConnectionss by their source Thing name across all languages."""
if language:
return self.positional_connections[language].get(source)
return next(
(
conn
for content in self._positional_connections.values()
for con_name, conn in content.items()
if con_name == source
),
None,
)
# Iterate over contents using direct key lookups to avoid O(N^2) generator overhead and preserve O(1) hash map access
for content in self._positional_connections.values():

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Code Review

Summary

Excellent performance optimization that also fixes a critical bug. The changes correctly replace O(N²) generator comprehensions with O(N) direct dictionary lookups.

Key Improvements

1. Performance Optimization ✅

Replaces nested generator comprehensions that iterate over all dictionary items with direct O(1) hash map lookups:

  • Before: O(N×M) - iterates over N items in each of M language dictionaries
  • After: O(M) - performs O(1) lookup in each of M language dictionaries

2. Critical Bug Fix ✅ (Important!)

_get_direct_connections_by_source had a logic error where the cross-language search executed even when a specific language was requested, potentially returning duplicates:

# Before - BUG: always searches all languages
if language:
    yield from self.direct_connections[language].get(source, [])
yield from (...)  # Executes regardless of 'language' value!

# After - FIXED: only searches all when language=None
if language:
    yield from self.direct_connections[language].get(source, [])
else:
    for content in self._direct_connections.values():
        if source in content:
            yield from content[source]
            break

3. Code Quality ✅

  • Much clearer and more readable than nested generators
  • Maintains backward compatibility (aside from fixing the bug)
  • Good inline comments explaining the optimization
  • Proper use of break to short-circuit after finding first match

Testing

  • PR description confirms local test suite passes
  • Lint/Format checks passed
  • Python tests are pending but expected to pass
  • Failing CI jobs (Docker, review workflow) are unrelated infrastructure issues

Recommendation

APPROVE - This is a well-executed optimization that also fixes a correctness issue. The bug fix alone justifies merging, and the performance improvements are a significant bonus.


Note: The bug fix in _get_direct_connections_by_source is arguably more critical than the performance optimization and could be highlighted more prominently in the PR description.

Reviewed at: src/codeweaver/semantic/registry.py:341-364

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