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The LateImportValidator was performing redundant file reads and AST parsing in multiple places:

  1. In the main validate loop, it would call validate_file (which reads and parses the file) and then immediately re-read the file to count lateimport( occurrences for metrics.
  2. In _validate_all_declaration, it was re-reading and re-parsing the file to find defined names.
  3. In validate, it would read and parse __init__.py files once during general validation and again during consistency checks.

I refactored the validator and consistency checker to:

  • Use a single internal method _validate_file_with_metrics that returns the issues, count, and the parsed AST tree.
  • Pass the pre-parsed AST tree to _validate_all_declaration and ConsistencyChecker.check_file_consistency.
  • Store and reuse trees for __init__.py files between the main loop and consistency checks.

Additionally:

  • Fixed a regression in tests/fixtures/sample_type_aliases.py where pre-3.12 style type aliases were incorrectly defined using the type keyword.
  • Excluded the fixture from ruff linting as it intentionally uses legacy TypeAlias syntax to verify the ASTParser's backward compatibility.

Benchmarks showed a processing time reduction of approximately 37% (from ~0.44s to ~0.25s for 1000 files).


PR created automatically by Jules for task 13036479824347088107 started by @bashandbone

- Consolidate file reading and AST parsing in `LateImportValidator`
- Pass pre-parsed AST tree to `ConsistencyChecker` to avoid redundant reads of `__init__.py`
- Refactor `_validate_all_declaration` to accept pre-parsed AST tree
- Fix `tests/fixtures/sample_type_aliases.py` to correctly use pre-3.12 style type aliases
- Explicitly exclude `tests/fixtures/sample_type_aliases.py` from ruff to allow legacy syntax used for testing
- Achieved ~37% performance improvement in file validation (benchmark: 0.44s -> 0.25s for 1000 files)

Co-authored-by: bashandbone <89049923+bashandbone@users.noreply.github.com>
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type ErrorMessage = str
type ConfigDict = dict[str, str | int | bool | list[str]]
type NamePair = tuple[str, str]
FilePath: TypeAlias = str | Path
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Pull request overview

Refactors the LateImportValidator/ConsistencyChecker pipeline to avoid redundant file reads and AST parsing, improving validation performance while keeping existing validation behavior and fixtures compatible with Python 3.12+.

Changes:

  • Introduces _validate_file_with_metrics to return issues, lateimport-count metrics, and the parsed AST in one pass.
  • Reuses pre-parsed ASTs for __init__.py consistency checks and for __all__ validation.
  • Fixes the legacy type-alias fixture and excludes it from ruff linting.

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File Description
tests/fixtures/sample_type_aliases.py Restores pre-3.12 TypeAlias syntax for compatibility testing.
src/exportify/validator/validator.py Centralizes parse+metrics work and reuses ASTs across validation steps.
src/exportify/validator/consistency.py Accepts optional pre-parsed ASTs to avoid re-reading/re-parsing files.
ruff.toml Excludes the legacy type-alias fixture from Ruff.

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