perf: reduce semantic compile analysis cost

Cargo.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ fensu-policy = "=0.13.0"
 globset = "0.4"
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1", features = ["span-locations"] }
 pyo3 = { version = "0.26", features = ["abi3-py312"] }
-polyglot-sql = { git = "https://github.com/chio-labs/polyglot", rev = "1307cb6a2ead0bd9bdfe1fb82887f37e42c291bb", default-features = false, features = [
+polyglot-sql = { git = "https://github.com/chio-labs/polyglot", rev = "afd2c73a2fe40f59e275aa918264c41ae83cbe94", default-features = false, features = [
     "ast-tools",
     "builder",
     "dialect-bigquery",

src/sqlbuild/compiler/compile/_helpers/analysis/cte_facts.py

@@ -456,11 +456,7 @@ def _polyglot_non_null_filter_context(
     select: Any,
     column_nullability_by_table: dict[str, dict[str, InferredNullability]],
 ) -> NonNullFilterContext | None:
-    select_args: object = getattr(select, "args", None)
-    if not isinstance(select_args, dict):
-        return None
-    select_args_dict: dict[str, object] = cast(dict[str, object], select_args)
-    where_payload: object = select_args_dict.get(_POLYGLOT_PAYLOAD_WHERE_CLAUSE)
+    where_payload: object = select.arg(_POLYGLOT_PAYLOAD_WHERE_CLAUSE)
     if not isinstance(where_payload, dict):
         return None
     predicate: object = cast(dict[str, object], where_payload).get(_POLYGLOT_PAYLOAD_THIS)
@@ -616,7 +612,7 @@ def _polyglot_star_output_types(
 
 
 def _polyglot_top_level_ctes(root: Any) -> tuple[tuple[str, Any, bool], ...]:
-    with_payload: object = getattr(root, "args", {}).get("with")
+    with_payload: object = root.arg("with")
     raw_ctes: object = (
         cast(dict[str, object], with_payload).get("ctes")
         if isinstance(with_payload, dict)
@@ -678,10 +674,10 @@ def _polyglot_set_operation_output_types(
     inference_profile: ExpressionInferenceProfile,
     expression_type_resolver: _ExpressionTypeResolver,
 ) -> dict[str, str]:
-    if bool(getattr(operation, "args", {}).get("by_name")):
+    if bool(operation.arg("by_name")):
         branch_types: list[dict[str, str]] = []
         for side in ("left", "right"):
-            branch: Any = getattr(operation, "args", {}).get(side)
+            branch: Any = operation.arg(side)
             if branch is None:
                 return {}
             branch_types.append(
@@ -707,7 +703,7 @@ def _polyglot_set_operation_output_types(
         }
     branch_slots: list[tuple[tuple[str, str | None], ...]] = []
     for side in ("left", "right"):
-        branch: Any = getattr(operation, "args", {}).get(side)
+        branch: Any = operation.arg(side)
         if branch is None:
             return {}
         inferred: tuple[tuple[str, str | None], ...] = _polyglot_select_output_type_slots(
@@ -751,7 +747,7 @@ def _polyglot_select_output_type_slots(
     if str(getattr(select, "kind", "")) in _POLYGLOT_SET_OPERATION_KINDS:
         branch_slots: list[tuple[tuple[str, str | None], ...]] = []
         for side in ("left", "right"):
-            branch: Any = getattr(select, "args", {}).get(side)
+            branch: Any = select.arg(side)
             if branch is None:
                 return ()
             slots: tuple[tuple[str, str | None], ...] = _polyglot_select_output_type_slots(
@@ -764,7 +760,7 @@ def _polyglot_select_output_type_slots(
                 return ()
             branch_slots.append(slots)
         left_slots, right_slots = branch_slots
-        if bool(getattr(select, "args", {}).get("by_name")):
+        if bool(select.arg("by_name")):
             right_types: dict[str, str | None] = dict(right_slots)
             return tuple(
                 (

tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/COMPILE_BENCHMARKS.md

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# Compile performance benchmarks
+
+SQLBuild maintains complementary generated projects because model count alone does not predict
+compile cost. Every fixture uses neutral orders-style names and synthetic SQL.
+
+## Layered scale guard
+
+The layered guard combines 976 models, 232 sources, 46 seeds, 23 SQL functions, 700 attached
+audits, 130 native tests, two hooks, and 54 execution layers. Its model files follow a bounded SQL
+size distribution up to roughly 520 KB. The graph contains a 54-layer spine and independent
+eight-model chains.
+
+This guard measures cold, unchanged, leaf-model edit, central-model edit, test edit, macro edit,
+and project-config edit paths. It protects mixed-resource scaling and cache invalidation while the
+separate 3,000/10,000-model and test-heavy guards retain their narrower contracts.
+
+Budgets:
+
+- cold compile: under 7 seconds;
+- unchanged warm compile: under 3 seconds;
+- one-model, one-test, and one-macro edits: under 4 seconds;
+- project-config edit: under 8 seconds.
+
+## Semantic density guard
+
+The semantic guard exercises costs that SQL-size padding cannot represent:
+
+| Characteristic | Generated guard |
+| --- | ---: |
+| Models | 976 |
+| Sources | 232 |
+| Seeds | 46 |
+| SQL functions | 23 |
+| Attached audits | 1,645 |
+| Native test cases | 958 |
+| Declared model columns | about 33,000 |
+| Model SQL | about 5.8 MB |
+| Compiled test SQL | about 13 MB |
+| Hooks | 2 |
+| Execution layers | 54 |
+
+Declared column widths range from three to 538 columns. The SQL uses real expression trees rather
+than comment-only padding: casts, conditional expressions, CTEs, derived tables, macros, functions,
+seed joins, assertions, and a 267-branch set operation feeding a 270-column aggregate. The large set
+operation specifically protects schema validation and CTE type inference from nested-tree
+materialization regressions.
+
+The guard records phase timings for cold and unchanged warm compiles. It enforces a 60-second cold
+budget and a 12-second warm budget. Resource counts, declared-column count, model SQL bytes, and
+compiled-test bytes are asserted so simplifying the fixture cannot make the performance check pass.
+
+Both guards initialize the process-local SQL runtime with an unrelated 32-model project before
+measurement. “Cold” means the measured project has no compiler cache or target artifacts; it does
+not include one-time lazy initialization noise from the Python test worker. Phase timings are
+attribution spans rather than additive buckets.

tests/e2e/src/sqlbuild/cli/commands/main/compile/_test_types.py

@@ -70,6 +70,26 @@ class LayeredProductionCompilePerformanceGuardTestCase:
     expected_config_edit_max_seconds: float
 
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class SemanticCompilePerformanceGuardTestCase:
+    description: str
+    model_count: int
+    source_count: int
+    seed_count: int
+    function_count: int
+    macro_count: int
+    test_count: int
+    audit_count: int
+    expected_min_declared_columns: int
+    expected_max_declared_columns: int
+    expected_min_model_sql_bytes: int
+    expected_max_model_sql_bytes: int
+    expected_min_compiled_test_bytes: int
+    expected_max_compiled_test_bytes: int
+    expected_cold_max_seconds: float
+    expected_warm_max_seconds: float
+
+
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
 class NamespaceCompileTestCase:
     description: str