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⚡ Bolt: Replace DataFrame.iterrows() with faster alternatives#570

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💡 What: Replaced all usages of pandas.DataFrame.iterrows() with itertuples(index=False, name=None) or to_dict("records") (depending on access patterns).
🎯 Why: Iterating over Pandas DataFrames with iterrows() is a known performance bottleneck due to continuous Series object creation and type inference overhead per row. itertuples and to_dict are significantly faster.
📊 Impact: Speeds up row iteration over DataFrames in calculations (calc_elasticity.py, gscdb138.py, calc_solvMPCONF196.py, calc_MPCONF196.py) by roughly an order of magnitude (often ~5x-10x+ faster for larger dataframes) and reduces memory overhead, yielding faster execution for the loop phases.
🔬 Measurement: Verify by running tests for the calculation scripts (e.g. PYTHONPATH=. pytest ml_peg/calcs/bulk_crystal/elasticity/calc_elasticity.py, etc.) ensuring no functionality is broken, and observing faster elapsed execution time in scripts that loop over rows heavily.


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