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Creating state classes is pretty expensive.
Since they are not modifiable, we can reuse them instead.
Benchmark script:
```rb
require "ripper"
require "prism"
require "benchmark/ips"
codes = Dir["**/*.rb"].map { File.read(it) }
Benchmark.ips do |x|
x.config(time: 10)
x.report("prism") { codes.each { Prism::Translation::Ripper.lex(it) } }
x.report("ripper") { codes.each { Ripper.lex(it) } }
x.compare!
end
```
Before:
```
ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/553f1675f3) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
Warming up --------------------------------------
prism 1.000 i/100ms
ripper 1.000 i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
prism 0.293 (± 0.0%) i/s (3.42 s/i) - 3.000 in 10.248348s
ripper 0.633 (± 0.0%) i/s (1.58 s/i) - 7.000 in 11.055687s
Comparison:
ripper: 0.6 i/s
prism: 0.3 i/s - 2.16x slower
```
After
```
ruby 4.0.0 (2025-12-25 revision https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/553f1675f3) +PRISM [x86_64-linux]
Warming up --------------------------------------
prism 1.000 i/100ms
ripper 1.000 i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
prism 0.486 (± 0.0%) i/s (2.06 s/i) - 5.000 in 10.280413s
ripper 0.635 (± 0.0%) i/s (1.58 s/i) - 7.000 in 11.027169s
Comparison:
ripper: 0.6 i/s
prism: 0.5 i/s - 1.31x slower
```
https://github.com/ruby/prism/commit/bdde16554c