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ECO-CMP-PY-002

Name: Unbounded list growth

Category: CMP

Family: PY

Primary layer: code

System layers: code

Description

Collections that grow without bounds increase memory pressure and GC churn.

Impact

  • confidence: 0.8
  • notes: Often shows up in ETL, batch jobs, API aggregation.
  • type: memory

Detection

  • languages:
  • python
  • method: ast

Remediation

  • guidance: Use generators, pagination, batching, or streaming APIs.
  • tradeoffs: May require refactoring call sites.

Pattern examples

No pattern examples provided.

Remediation examples

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