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Summary

Remove unnecessary string copy when outputting MSA sequences.

Background

From code review (research.md §2.1, LOW severity):
The code was copying each string to a local variable before calling c_str().

Changes

  • src/caller.cpp: Use it.c_str() directly instead of copying to a new string

Test plan

  • CI workflow passes
  • MSA output unchanged

Closes #33

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    • Optimized internal code for improved efficiency with no change to user-facing functionality.

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Walkthrough

A single-line optimization in the MSA output loop removes an unnecessary temporary string copy, replacing a string variable assignment with direct element access for cleaner code.

Changes

Cohort / File(s) Change Summary
MSA Output Optimization
src/caller.cpp
Removed unnecessary string copy in loop; now prints iterator element directly via it.c_str() instead of intermediate std::string sequence variable. No functional change to output format.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Poem

🐰 A string once needlessly cloned,
Now prints with elegance shown—
Direct from the loop, no copy kept,
Where efficiency softly crept.
Hop, hop!

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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: removing an unnecessary string copy in MSA output for performance.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The changes directly address issue #33 by removing the unnecessary std::string copy and using it.c_str() directly in the fprintf call.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The changes are narrowly scoped to the specific objective stated in issue #33 with no additional modifications outside the stated scope.
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src/caller.cpp (1)

244-246: Clean and correct optimization. 👍

Removing the unnecessary temporary string copy improves performance by eliminating a heap allocation per loop iteration while maintaining identical output semantics. The range-based for loop with const auto& it correctly binds it to a const reference, and it.c_str() is a valid and safe call.


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Use it.c_str() directly instead of copying to a new string variable.
This avoids an unnecessary memory allocation and copy for each sequence.

Closes #33

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Remove unnecessary string copy in MSA output

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