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[NFC] Optimize ModuleUtils type-scanning code - #8572

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Before, we always did a loop on type.getHeapTypeChildren() which
means setting up a scanner object and going through a generic
path. Instead, handle the common cases directly. This avoids any
generic path in the common case.

This makes us 1% faster on -O3, as measured by instruction
count, number of branches, and walltime. The noise in the first
two is incredibly small, so this looks reliably faster.

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kripken merged commit cfa8abd into WebAssembly:main Apr 7, 2026
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