* To-do items for broader platform/go-version benchmarking
* neaten inferrer API
* extend type-inference unit-test cases
* Add benchmark scripts for comparing compiler versions
* mlr version in addition to mlr --version
* some go-benchmark files for Mac/Linux perf comparisons
* neaten perf-scripts
* merge
* type-scan optimization tests
* type-scan optimization infra
* test new inferrer
* mlr --time option
* include --cpuprofile and --traceprofile in on-line help
* sharpen inferred/deferred-type API distinction
* replace old inferrer with newer/faster
* update docs for new type-inferrer
* JIT mlrval type-interfence: mlrval package
* mlrmap refactor
* complete merge from #779
* iterating
* mlrval/format.go
* mlrval/copy.go
* bifs/arithmetic_test.go
* iterate on bifs/collections_test.go
* mlrval_cmp.go
* mlrval JSON iterate
* iterate applying mlrval refactors to dependent packages
* first clean compile in a long while on this branch
* results of first post-compile profiling
* testing
* bugfix in ofmt formatting
* bugfix in octal-supporess
* go fmt
* neaten
* regression tests all passing
* Rename inputChannel,outputChannel to readerChannel,writerChannel
* Rename inputChannel,outputChannel to readerChannel,writerChannel (#772)
* Start batched-reader API mods
* Singleton-list step for reader-batching at input
* CLI options for records-per-batch and hash-records
* Push channelized-reader logic into DKVP reader
* Push batching logic into chain-transformer, transformers, and channel-writer
* foo
* cmd/mprof and cmd/mprof2
* cmd/mprof3 and cmd/mprof4
* narrowed in on regexp-splitting on IFS/IPS as perf-hit
* neaten
* channelize nidx
* cmd/mprof5
* channelize CSV reader
* channelize NIDX reader
* Dedupe DKVP-reader and NIDX-reader source files
* channelize CSV-lite reader
* channelize XTAB reader
* batchify JSON reader
* channelize GEN pseudo-reader
* scripts for perf-testing on larger files
* merge with main for #776
* Fix record-batching for join and repl
* Fix comment-handling in channelized XTAB reader
* Fix bug found in positional-rename
