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This PR optimizes the Helper.IsTheSame method in v4/DynamicsCrm.DevKit.Shared/Helper.cs.

Changes:

  • Replaced the Replace(...).Trim() implementation which allocated multiple strings.
  • Implemented a custom loop that iterates through both strings, skipping whitespace (\r, \n, \t, ) and comparing characters case-insensitively.
  • Added IsIgnoredChar private helper.
  • Added documentation comments explaining the optimization.

Verification:

  • Verified logic handles edge cases (nulls, identical refs, different lengths, whitespace differences).
  • Verified cross-platform line ending support (ignores both \r and \n).
  • Unable to run unit tests locally due to missing dotnet CLI environment.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 12497992792455620406 started by @phuocle

💡 What: Replaced the allocation-heavy `Replace` chain in `IsTheSame` with an allocation-free character-by-character comparison loop.
🎯 Why: The previous implementation created multiple large string copies for every file comparison, causing significant memory pressure and CPU usage during code generation.
📊 Impact: Expected to reduce memory allocations by 100% for this operation and significantly speed up file comparisons for large generated files.
Note: Verified via static analysis as local `dotnet` CLI is unavailable.
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@phuocle phuocle marked this pull request as ready for review January 2, 2026 13:45
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Pull request overview

This PR optimizes the IsTheSame method in the Helper class to eliminate string allocations by replacing multiple Replace() and Trim() calls with a character-by-character comparison approach.

Key Changes:

  • Implemented allocation-free string comparison using index-based iteration
  • Added IsIgnoredChar helper method to identify whitespace characters to skip
  • Added XML documentation comments explaining the optimization

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/// <summary>
/// Optimized comparison that ignores whitespace (Space, Tab, CR, LF) and performs a case-insensitive check.
/// This implementation is allocation-free (O(N)) compared to the previous Replace-based approach.
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The comment states "allocation-free (O(N))" but O(N) refers to time complexity, not memory allocation. Consider revising to something like: "This implementation avoids string allocations and runs in O(N) time" or "This allocation-free implementation has O(N) time complexity" to clearly separate the two concepts.

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/// This implementation is allocation-free (O(N)) compared to the previous Replace-based approach.
/// This allocation-free implementation has O(N) time complexity compared to the previous Replace-based approach.

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