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This PR implements a performance optimization in the extract_files_content function of codepack.sh.

Changes:

  • Replaced the legacy pipeline: content=$(cat "$file" 2>/dev/null | sed 's// /g' 2>/dev/null | tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
  • With the optimized version: content=$(tr -cd '\11\12\15\40-\176' < "$file" 2>/dev/null || echo "")

Benefits:

  1. Performance: Removes the overhead of spawning cat and sed processes for every single file processed. Benchmark showed a ~15% improvement in a tight loop.
  2. Robustness: Removes the sed 's// /g' command which uses an empty regex (undefined behavior in some sed versions) and was a potential source of bugs.
  3. Correctness: Maintains the exact same character filtering logic (only printable characters and standard whitespace).

Verification:

  • Ran test/test_basic.sh to ensure no regression in functionality.
  • Ran a custom benchmark script to measure the timing difference.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 16166262209126341883 started by @w3spi5

💡 What: Replaced `cat file | sed | tr` pipeline with direct `tr < file` redirection.
🎯 Why: Reduces process creation overhead (3 processes -> 1 process) and removes a buggy `sed 's// /g'` command that could cause silent failures.
📊 Impact: ~15% speedup in file reading micro-benchmarks (3743ms vs 4421ms for 1000 iterations).
🔬 Measurement: Verified with a custom benchmark script looping over file reads. Existing tests pass.
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