reduces calc overhead of suffix helper method

[jtbg]

if only there were some sort of tool we could use to measure the performance gains

[kbrock]

this is nice.

could you squash your commits?
(disclaimer: I'm not a maintainer)

[jtbg]

thanks for reminding me @kbrock

[kbrock]

Aah, I was confused because you commented on a commit that had changes not here.
This PR is just picking off the obvious win. 👍

[kbrock]

hmm... could you remove the merge commit, and rebase this onto master?

(sorry if you already know this stuff)

git fetch upstream
git checkout scale_helper_optimization
git branch scale_helper_optimization_bak # just in case
git reset --hard HEAD~1 # drop the merge commit
git rebase upstream/master

git diff scale_helper_optimization_bak # should be the same
git log -3 # this branch should just have a single commit

[jtbg]

WHat does git branch scale_helper_optimization_bak do here? I've never seen that before

edit: oh I get it, that is just creating a new, identical branch

[jtbg]

This is why I always get @emgreen33 to untangle my git spaghetti for me 🤣
Thanks for the help!

[nateberkopec]

I did it for the lulz!