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⚡ Fix memory leak in space2trees.RemoveHere#12

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⚡ Fix memory leak in space2trees.RemoveHere#12
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  • 💡 What: Added a loop to explicitly nil out the elements in the backing array that are dropped when shrinking the n.Here slice in RemoveHere.
  • 🎯 Why: Previously, the backing array retained references to removed *Here structs (and their Shapes), preventing the Garbage Collector from reclaiming them until the Node itself was collected or the array reallocated.
  • 📊 Measured Improvement:
    • Memory: In a reproduction scenario (1M items, 50% removed), memory usage dropped from 39MB to 24MB (saving ~7MB leaked memory + redundant refs).
    • Performance: BenchmarkSpaceBTreeAddDelete execution time improved by ~20% (from ~2.18s to ~1.72s), likely due to reduced GC pressure.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 10945245664804165916 started by @arran4

Explicitly nil out removed elements in the backing array of `n.Here` to allow garbage collection.
This prevents memory retention of removed `*Here` structs and their associated Shapes.

Benchmarks show:
- Reduced memory usage in removal scenarios (verified with ad-hoc test: 39MB -> 24MB vs 39MB -> 31MB).
- ~20% improvement in `BenchmarkSpaceBTreeAddDelete` execution time (2.18s -> 1.72s).
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@arran4 arran4 marked this pull request as ready for review January 20, 2026 01:53
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