Improve memory usage of entries

[eivindjahren]

This is by using slots for arrays. This seems to give a very minor improvement to performance.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR aims to improve memory usage of array entries by adding __slots__ to the ResArray class. The __slots__ mechanism prevents Python from creating a __dict__ for each instance, which can significantly reduce memory overhead when many instances are created.

Key Changes:

• Added __slots__ definition to ResArray class containing all instance attributes: start, stream, _keyword, _length, _type, _data_start, and _is_eof

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[Copilot]

The FormattedArray subclass should define __slots__ = () to prevent the creation of __dict__ in instances. When a base class uses __slots__, subclasses that don't explicitly define their own __slots__ will still have a __dict__ attribute, which defeats the memory optimization purpose of using __slots__ in the base class. Add an empty __slots__ = () declaration to this class.

Suggested change

	"""
	"""
	__slots__ = ()

[andreas-el]

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