Unnecessary loop
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- Rust
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Description
https://github.com/dropbox/rust-brotli/blob/5d82b69d1aaee6e0fdac6a35654cf7cea40c1057/src/enc/backward_references/hq.rs#L920
This loop `continue30` is unnecessary because it will eventually break at line 1018. If we remove this loop and change all the `break 'continue30;` into `continue` and change all the `break 'break29;` into `break`, the execution time will decreased from 3.76s to 3.43s based on my test, which is a 1.1x speedup.
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Start in src/enc/backward_references/hq.rs around line 920 and inspect the continue30 loop through the break near line 1018. Reproduce the reported execution-time comparison, then verify that the requested loop and label changes preserve behavior while achieving the reported performance improvement.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- performance
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100