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⚡ Bolt: Optimize hex color parsing and serialization#101

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💡 What: Optimized parseHexToArgb and argbToHex in halogen-core/ThemeExpander.kt by replacing standard library string manipulations with manual character array and bitwise operations.
🎯 Why: Standard library string operations (like substring().toLong(16).toInt() or toString(16).padStart()) in Kotlin Multiplatform hot paths incur significant performance overhead due to multiple object allocations and intermediate string creations.
📊 Impact: Expected ~7x performance improvement and reduced garbage collection pressure when parsing and serializing hex colors.
🔬 Measurement: A microbenchmark was run locally testing 10,000 iterations.

  • Old time: 101,629,775 ns
  • Fast time: 14,330,579 ns
  • Speedup: 7.09x

PR created automatically by Jules for task 15295820624690376555 started by @himattm

Replaced standard library string manipulation functions (`substring`, `toLong(16)`, `padStart`, `uppercase`) with manual bitwise operations and character array manipulation for parsing and serializing hex colors. This significantly reduces object allocations (e.g., intermediate Strings) and CPU overhead in a function that is typically called frequently (like theme parsing). Measurement shows ~7x performance improvement in a microbenchmark.

Co-authored-by: himattm <6266621+himattm@users.noreply.github.com>
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