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Document reimplemented-starmap performance effects (astral-sh#7846)
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## Summary

Document the performance effects of `itertools.starmap`, including that
it is actually slower than comprehensions in Python 3.12.

Closes astral-sh#7771.

## Test Plan

`python scripts/check_docs_formatted.py`
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/// When unpacking values from iterators to pass them directly to
/// a function, prefer `itertools.starmap`.
///
/// Using `itertools.starmap` is more concise and readable.
/// Using `itertools.starmap` is more concise and readable. Furthermore, it is
/// more efficient than generator expressions, and in some versions of Python,
/// it is more efficient than comprehensions.
///
/// ## Known problems
/// Since Python 3.12, `itertools.starmap` is less efficient than
/// comprehensions ([#7771]). This is due to [PEP 709], which made
/// comprehensions faster.
///
/// ## Example
/// ```python
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///
/// ## References
/// - [Python documentation: `itertools.starmap`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/itertools.html#itertools.starmap)
///
/// [PEP 709]: https://peps.python.org/pep-0709/
/// [#7771]: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff/issues/7771
#[violation]
pub struct ReimplementedStarmap;

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