Compiling a schema with deeply nested, multiply-referenced model groups was
exponential: groupReferenceParticle inlined each <xs:group ref> into the Particle
content model, so g0=(g1,g1), g1=(g2,g2), ... built 2^K particles (depth 14 =
0.21s, depth 20 ~13-18s). The expansion is now memoized per (group definition,
cycle-visiting set) in a per-compile GroupParticleMemo shared across the value
copies XSDContext.scoped/visiting make, so sibling references share it and the
build drops to O(groups) (depth 40 now ~0.016s; previously infeasible).
The shared content term is reused by value (copy-on-write), so the compiled model
is identical and validation is unchanged: the XSTS gate holds (invalid-schemas-
accepted 15, valid-schemas-rejected 0, instance buckets unchanged) and the
streaming-vs-tree fuzz differential still passes. This closes the schema-compile
half of the interactive-safety group blowup (companion to the positionCap
determinism fix); a depth-40 compile test guards against regression. Full suite,
style, namespacing, and WASM all pass.
Mihaela Mihaljevic
bc0638e201