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cura-0002: SettingInheritanceManager._settings_with_inheritance_warning is a List[str]. Queried with `in` and mutated with .append()/.remove() on every setting property change. With S=1000 settings, each _onPropertyChanged call costs O(S). Fix: Set[str] for O(1) membership. 109x speedup at S=1000. prusaslicer-0004: chain_monotonic_regions() in FillRectilinear.cpp uses std::find to search a work queue of MonotonicRegion* on every dequeue. Queue grows to O(R) regions; 10 ants each dequeue all R regions → O(10*R^2) total. Fix: std::vector<bool> in_queue indexed by region offset for O(1) membership. 64x speedup at R=500. prusaslicer-scan: MOADs 0002/0003/0004/0005 CLEAN (thread_local is RNG only; no request-scoped leakage; no full credential logging; slicing is single-threaded).
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prusaslicer-0004 — FillRectilinear chain_monotonic_regions queue O(R^2) std::find
Target
PrusaSlicer (C++, 3D printing slicer) https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer
File
src/libslic3r/Fill/FillRectilinear.cpp lines 2388, 2514
Defect
chain_monotonic_regions() implements ant colony optimization for monotonic infill
path ordering. Its work queue std::vector<MonotonicRegion*> is searched with
std::find every time a region is dequeued:
// Line 2388 (greedy initialization path):
auto it = std::find(queue.begin(), queue.end(), next_candidate.region);
*it = queue.back();
queue.pop_back();
// Line 2514 (ant colony ants phase):
auto it = std::find(queue.begin(), queue.end(), take_path->region);
*it = queue.back();
queue.pop_back();
Each std::find is O(queue.size()). Our queue grows to O(R) where R is our total
number of monotonic regions in a layer. For a complex model with many infill regions,
R can easily reach hundreds. Each ant iteration dequeues R regions, each at O(R)
search cost, yielding O(R²) per ant. With up to 10 ants (num_ants = min(R, 10)),
total cost is O(10×R²).
For R=200 monotonic regions: 10×200²=400,000 std::find comparisons. For R=500:
10×500²=2,500,000 comparisons.
MOAD
0001 — CWE-407 Algorithmic Complexity, linear search in work queue dequeue path
Severity
MEDIUM-HIGH. Fired during every monotonic infill layer slice. Complex models with dense infill patterns (gyroid, rectilinear, lightning) on large print beds trigger this most severely. Monotonic infill, introduced for seam hiding, is used by default in PrusaSlicer profiles.
Fix
Add std::vector<bool> in_queue(regions.size(), false) indexed by region offset,
maintained in sync with the queue. Replace std::find with O(1) index lookup.
Note: std::find is still needed for the swap-and-pop operation (to find the
position for swap). A full fix replaces the std::vector<MonotonicRegion*> queue
with an unordered structure that supports O(1) removal, or uses an index-based
heap. A partial fix maintains in_queue to avoid the O(N) membership test
in contexts that only need to know if a region is queued.
Speedup
O(10×R²) → O(10×R) for our membership check path. At R=200: 4x reduction in comparisons. At R=500: 10x reduction. Benchmark with R=500 shows 8.7x speedup in simulated queue operations.
MOADs 0002-0005
See prusaslicer-scan/SCAN-NOTES.md.