microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript

Cache `getExePath()` for performance reasons

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Description

Would it be possible to have `getExePath()` cache its result so we don't have to do all this lookup every time `tsgo` is invoked? The platform and arch rarely changes once installed on disk.

In one of the repositories I'm maintaining, we've inlined what `tsgo.js` does and added caching on top of it. We're not a very big monorepo, but this shaved off several seconds for us.

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Research direction

Start in tsgo.js by locating getExePath() and tracing how often it runs when tsgo is invoked. Check the existing lookup behavior across platforms and architectures, then confirm that caching preserves the selected executable while avoiding repeated lookups. Done means repeated invocations no longer redo the lookup and the existing behavior remains unchanged.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli, performance, tooling
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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