ECO-CMP-PY-014 — Redundant environment variable lookups¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: Python (PY)
Layer: Code
Tier: 1
Severity: note
Tags: python, config
Legacy ID: ECO-PY-014

Summary¶

Repeated env lookups in hot code paths add overhead and noise.

Load config once; don’t pay the lookup tax repeatedly.

{
  "confidence": 0.5,
  "notes": "Small individually; measurable in hot loops.",
  "type": "cpu"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "python"
  ],
  "method": "ast"
}

{
  "guidance": "Read env/config once during startup; pass config explicitly.",
  "tradeoffs": "Slight architecture changes."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "code"
  ]
}