### Requirements for Contributing a Performance Improvement

* Fill out the template below. Any pull request that does not include enough information to be reviewed in a timely manner may be closed at the maintainers' discretion.
* The pull request must only affect performance of existing functionality. To contribute other changes, you must use a different template. You can see all templates at <https://github.com/atom/.github/tree/master/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE>.
* After you create the pull request, all status checks must be pass before a maintainer reviews your contribution. For more details, please see <https://github.com/atom/.github/tree/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#pull-requests>.

### Description of the Change

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### Quantitative Performance Benefits

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### Possible Drawbacks

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### Verification Process

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### Applicable Issues

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### Release Notes

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