docs(rust): summarize the parser performance page

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What

Rewrites docs/rust/performance.md so it states the claim, shows one comparison, and stops. 156 lines / ~1,340 words down to ~90 / ~700.

Keeps: the mise-scale result (usage, clap, and bpaf in one table), why the hot path is cheap, clap's construction/validate/parse split, binary size, and how the numbers are measured.

Drops: the Partial / read_argv_into instruction-count changelog, the second overlapping comparison table, launch-target history, exact stripped byte counts, the post-table allocation/bpaf restatement, and CI-maintenance bullets (markdown spec format, fixture drift, the 80x perf-shadow.sh ratio).

Moves the maintenance material to a Performance checks section in docs/contributing.md.

Why

The page was the shortest in docs/rust/ by line count but read like a design log. A reader deciding whether to use the parser does not need the copy-four-times history or this repository's own tak gate recipe.

Tests

• prettier -w docs/rust/performance.md docs/contributing.md
• Headline usage/clap/bpaf numbers, clap phase split, and binary sizes are the same figures as before, now in one table

  

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• Documentation
  • Added guidance for running and interpreting performance checks, including instruction-count comparisons, benchmark variation, regression handling, and parser-ratio warnings.
  • Updated Rust performance documentation with refreshed mise-scale benchmarks covering runtime, instruction counts, allocations, binary size, and parser comparisons.
  • Clarified benchmark methodology, generated tables, lookup behavior, allocation characteristics, validation costs, accumulator handling, and fixture limitations.
  • Removed outdated historical benchmark information and obsolete performance details.

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Walkthrough

The pull request updates Rust performance documentation with benchmark comparisons, parser implementation details, binary-size data, and measurement methodology. It also adds contributor guidance for interpreting perf-pr instruction-count changes and benchmark variation.

Changes

Performance documentation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Benchmark results and implementation details docs/rust/performance.md	The documentation compares usage, bpaf, and clap for time, instruction counts, allocations, parser construction, validation, parsing, and binary size. It explains generated tables, scoped lookup, command stacks, deferred metadata, in-place binding, and selected-subcommand storage.
Measurement methodology and benchmark sources docs/rust/performance.md	The documentation describes shared-spec generated shadows, unsupported-feature omission, workspace feature resolution, fixture limitations, and benchmark maintenance.
Contributor performance checks docs/contributing.md	The documentation describes perf-pr instruction-count comparisons and benchmark-count changes caused by markdown specification updates or mise shadow fixture growth.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to a73b8

This rewrite is mergeable with explicit owner awareness: the performance page still contains a shared-specification statement that may overstate the repository-wide generator contract, creating a bounded documentation-correctness risk for readers relying on that claim.

Poem

A rabbit checks the counts at night,
With tables trimmed and numbers bright.
Mise shadows hop in line,
Clap and bpaf share the sign.
“Keep benchmarks clear,” I say—
Then nibble docs and dash away!

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In `@docs/rust/performance.md`:
- Around line 29-31: Update the performance description to distinguish the
timings accurately: describe clap as taking hundreds of microseconds and bpaf as
taking low milliseconds, while preserving the existing usage comparison.
- Around line 92-93: Update the shared-specification statement in the
performance documentation to replace “Every shadow” with “Every mise-scale
shadow,” preserving the rest of the sentence.

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🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Scope the shared-specification claim.

mise.toml generates mise-scale shadows from benches/mise.usage.kdl, but it generates fleet and external shadows from separate specifications. Replace “Every shadow” with “Every mise-scale shadow” to avoid stating a repository-wide invariant that the generator does not maintain.

Proposed wording

-Every shadow is generated from the same spec, and each intentionally drops
+Every mise-scale shadow is generated from the same spec, and each intentionally drops

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	- Every shadow is generated from the same spec, and each intentionally drops
	what its framework cannot express.
	- Every mise-scale shadow is generated from the same spec, and each intentionally drops
	what its framework cannot express.

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In `@docs/rust/performance.md` around lines 92 - 93, Update the
shared-specification statement in the performance documentation to replace
“Every shadow” with “Every mise-scale shadow,” preserving the rest of the
sentence.