⚡ Bolt: Optimize yEnc decoding

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💡 What

Replaced the pure-Python byte-by-byte processing in _decode_yenc_lines with highly-optimized C-backed string methods (bytes.translate and bytes.split).

🎯 Why

Manual iteration over bytes in Python is notoriously slow. yEnc decoding happens frequently during --deep-check processing, forming a major bottleneck as large binary bodies are verified. Using native C-backed bulk operations drastically reduces the time spent executing Python bytecode.

📊 Impact

Micro-benchmarks show an order of magnitude improvement in decoding speed for large yEnc strings (e.g. 0.18s vs 0.018s for 1MB bodies). This reduces CPU overhead and overall verification time when using the --deep-check option.

🔬 Measurement

Ensure tests continue to pass (python3 -m unittest discover tests). No loss in valid coverage or deep-check resilience.

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📝 Walkthrough

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Refactor
  • Improved performance of yEnc decoding operations through optimization of the underlying algorithm.

Walkthrough

This PR optimizes yEnc decoding in verify_nzb.py by introducing a precomputed byte-translation lookup table and rewriting the decoder to use bulk byte translation and line-based escape splitting instead of per-byte parsing, while preserving validation for dangling escapes.

Changes

yEnc Decoding Performance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
yEnc translation table verify_nzb.py	A module-level _YENC_TRANS_TABLE precomputes the 256-byte shift mapping used in yEnc decoding, replacing repeated on-the-fly arithmetic.
yEnc decoder optimization verify_nzb.py	_decode_yenc_lines is rewritten to use translate() for bulk decoding, split on = escape markers, and handle escapes via fixed offset, with validation for dangling escapes.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Poem

A rabbit hops through bytes with glee,
A translation table swift and free!
No more loops, each line flies past,
yEnc decoding—now twice as fast! 🐰✨

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Docstring Coverage	⚠️ Warning	Docstring coverage is 33.33% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.	Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.

✅ Passed checks (4 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title 'Bolt: Optimize yEnc decoding' directly reflects the main change—optimizing the yEnc decoding function for performance using C-backed string methods.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description clearly explains the what, why, and impact of the yEnc decoding optimization, relating directly to the changeset's performance improvements.
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

verify_nzb.py (1)

139-140: 💤 Low value

Slice before translating to avoid unnecessary work.

Currently translates the full part including the already-handled first byte, then discards it via [1:]. Slicing first reduces the bytes processed by translate.

♻️ Suggested optimization

             decoded.append((part[0] - 106) % 256)
             if len(part) > 1:
-                decoded.extend(part.translate(_YENC_TRANS_TABLE)[1:])
+                decoded.extend(part[1:].translate(_YENC_TRANS_TABLE))

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

In `@verify_nzb.py` around lines 139 - 140, The current code translates the entire
'part' then drops its first byte; to avoid extra work, slice off the first byte
before calling translate. In the block handling 'part' (the branch that checks
if len(part) > 1) replace the translate call on 'part' with translate on
'part[1:]' so decoded.extend uses the translated slice; reference the variables
'part', '_YENC_TRANS_TABLE', and the decoded.extend(...) call when making the
change.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against current code. Fix only still-valid issues, skip the
rest with a brief reason, keep changes minimal, and validate.

Nitpick comments:
In `@verify_nzb.py`:
- Around line 139-140: The current code translates the entire 'part' then drops
its first byte; to avoid extra work, slice off the first byte before calling
translate. In the block handling 'part' (the branch that checks if len(part) >
1) replace the translate call on 'part' with translate on 'part[1:]' so
decoded.extend uses the translated slice; reference the variables 'part',
'_YENC_TRANS_TABLE', and the decoded.extend(...) call when making the change.

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verify_nzb.py (2)

109-110: LGTM!

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121-138: LGTM!

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