ya7on/mb8

Use owned value instead of pointer in compiler pipeline

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#83 opened on Dec 27, 2025

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Description

At some compiler stages we clone this value. But could just pass the owned value without cloning and referencing it

https://github.com/ya7on/mb8/blob/bea1fedb454640e4250bb9e1deaf471180ce6613/crates/mb8c/src/pipeline.rs#L39-L44

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Modify the pipeline function to take ownership of the value instead of a reference, and remove the clone calls.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Refactor
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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Rust
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80