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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Replace nested ast.walk with ast.NodeVisitor#86

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⚡ Bolt: [performance improvement] Replace nested ast.walk with ast.NodeVisitor#86
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💡 What: Replaced nested ast.walk() loops in PythonParser._extract_calls, _compute_complexity, and _extract_imports with ast.NodeVisitor implementations.

🎯 Why: The nested ast.walk() loops caused O(N^2) time complexity during AST traversal because every node traversal generated all its sub-nodes iteratively, leading to heavy redundant processing for deeply nested nodes. This slowed down the code scanner significantly on large Python files.

📊 Impact: Reduces AST parsing time complexity for these operations from O(N^2) to O(N), substantially improving indexing speed for large source code files without changing behavior or sacrificing readability.

🔬 Measurement: Verify tests pass, and observe exact indexing time during full repository parsing using performance profiling tools. The change is isolated and deterministic.


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This commit replaces `ast.walk` inside loops with `ast.NodeVisitor` implementations in `PythonParser` (`_extract_calls`, `_compute_complexity`, and `_extract_imports`). This resolves a performance bottleneck where nested AST generator traversal caused O(N^2) complexity, thereby improving AST parsing and indexing speed for large Python files.
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