⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Replace getEdges() with memory-efficient iterators in hot loops#101
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Implemented `Graph.forEachEdge()` to avoid large array allocations when iterating over edges in hot loops. Applied this optimization to `pagerank.ts`, `hits.ts`, and `metrics.ts` to reduce garbage collection overhead and improve memory efficiency during large graph computations.
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💡 What: Introduced a memory-efficient
forEachEdge()method to theGraphclass and replaced expensivegetEdges()calls inpagerank.ts,hits.ts, andmetrics.ts. Also replacedgetEdges().lengthwithgraph.edges.sizewhere applicable.🎯 Why:
getEdges()allocates a large intermediate array and a new object for every edge, which causes massive GC overhead and slow execution in hot loops (especially in iterative algorithms like PageRank and HITS on large graphs).📊 Impact: Reduces memory footprint and object allocations during iterative graph algorithms. Based on manual benchmarking, iterating via
forEachEdgeis ~5x-10x faster than callinggetEdges()on a graph with 300,000 edges.🔬 Measurement: Run
pnpm --filter core test -- -t 'Performance Large'to verify that iterative algorithms still perform within expected time boundaries without OOM errors. All unit tests and linters pass.PR created automatically by Jules for task 4372166153874127511 started by @saurabhsharma2u