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this parses frames in place on the raw stack string rather than splitting it into lines and slicing each frame apart, without changing what the parser returns

main this PR delta
parseRawStackTrace (per frame) 202ns 114ns -44%
heap allocated (per frame) 162 B 68 B -58%
captureStackTrace 5.30µs 4.64µs -12%
bundle (minified) 1669 B 2038 B +369 B

improvements come from:

  1. scanning lines by index instead of split/trimEnd/trimStart
  2. reading :line:column digits from the string instead of slicing them
  3. having parseFrame take a range so we just need a slice to get the source

the bundle size increases a bit but I think the trade-off is worth it

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The parsing code in src/index.ts now uses manual character scanning. Frame parsing, file URL conversion, and raw stack trace processing use indices instead of trimmed slices, regular expressions, or line splitting.

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Frame parsing
src/index.ts
parseFrame and parseEvalFrame scan source ranges. parseEvalFrame returns a start index and updates frame metadata.
File URL conversion
src/index.ts
toFileURL validates path prefixes with direct character checks and conditionally replaces backslashes.
Raw stack integration
src/index.ts
parseRawStackTrace scans raw stack text by index, trims whitespace, filters at frames, and passes ranges to parseFrame.

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Some unusual stack paths can lose source metadata, while very large malformed stacks can parse inefficiently. These bounded issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted.

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In `@src/index.ts`:
- Around line 47-49: Update parseFrame’s delimiter selection to distinguish
parenthesised function names from parentheses within source paths, selecting the
separator that encloses the complete source location rather than unconditionally
using the first “ (”. Preserve support for Object.method (as x) (/y.js:3:4), and
add a regression test covering parseFrame or parseRawStackTrace with a path such
as /tmp/a (b).js and its position metadata.
- Around line 44-47: Update the delimiter searches in parseFrame to remain
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Comment on lines +44 to +47
let open = text.indexOf(' (', from)
const space = text.indexOf(' ', open + 2)
if (space >= 0 && space < end) {
open = text.lastIndexOf(' (', end - 1)

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🚀 Performance & Scalability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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Bound delimiter searches to the current frame.

parseRawStackTrace and parseError can receive caller-provided stack strings. Each line reaches parseFrame as a [from, to) range, but the delimiter searches can scan other frames. Repeated malformed lines such as at source) can therefore rescan the stack and make parsing quadratic for sufficiently large input.

Restrict these searches to the current frame. Preserve the closing-parenthesis check so valid frame parsing remains unchanged.

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In `@src/index.ts` around lines 44 - 47, Update the delimiter searches in
parseFrame to remain within the current [from, to) frame range: bound the
initial “ (” and following-space lookups by end, and ensure the fallback
lastIndexOf search cannot inspect earlier frames. Preserve the existing
closing-parenthesis validation and valid-frame parsing behavior.

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open = text.lastIndexOf(' (', end - 1)
}
if (open > from && open + 2 < end && text.indexOf(')', open) === end) {

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Permit parentheses inside source paths.

For at fn (file:///tmp/a (b).js:1:2), the space before (b) makes parseFrame select the inner (. The inner ) does not match the frame's final ), so parsing fails. parseRawStackTrace then returns the frame with an empty source and no position metadata.

Do not use the first ( unconditionally. The existing fixture Object.method (as x) (/y.js:3:4) requires the later separator because (as x) is part of the function name. Update delimiter selection to support both parenthesised function names and parentheses in source paths. Add a regression test for the source-path case.

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In `@src/index.ts` around lines 47 - 49, Update parseFrame’s delimiter selection
to distinguish parenthesised function names from parentheses within source
paths, selecting the separator that encloses the complete source location rather
than unconditionally using the first “ (”. Preserve support for Object.method
(as x) (/y.js:3:4), and add a regression test covering parseFrame or
parseRawStackTrace with a path such as /tmp/a (b).js and its position metadata.

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