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Optimize HistoryStorage.modifierById method

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#1,191 opened on Sep 17, 2020

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Description

This method appears in the hotspot list of the profiler. (Headers syncronization stage)

Note that despite most of the time is spent in decodePoint, around 30% is spent somewhere inside modifierById.

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Research direction
Profile the modifierById method to identify bottlenecks; consider improving data structures or caching.
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backend
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Performance
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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50