From c1759232b42c8926c080006223c382e20b9b2470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kaalleen <36401965+kaalleen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2025 06:15:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Read sew stack debug information once and re-use (#3604)

---
 lib/debug/debug.py    | 5 +++++
 lib/elements/utils.py | 5 ++---
 tests/utils.py        | 5 ++---
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/debug/debug.py b/lib/debug/debug.py
index d96dd36d6..83e001eb1 100644
--- a/lib/debug/debug.py
+++ b/lib/debug/debug.py
@@ -17,12 +17,17 @@ from lxml import etree   # to create svg file
 from ..svg import line_strings_to_path
 from ..svg.tags import INKSCAPE_GROUPMODE, INKSCAPE_LABEL
 
+from .utils import safe_get
+from ..utils.paths import get_ini
+
 import logging
 logger = logging.getLogger("inkstitch.debug")   # create module logger with name 'inkstitch.debug'
 
 # to log messages if previous debug logger is not enabled
 logger_inkstich = logging.getLogger("inkstitch")   # create module logger with name 'inkstitch'
 
+sew_stack_enabled = safe_get(get_ini(), "DEBUG", "enable_sew_stack", default=False)
+
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # decorator to check if debugging is enabled
diff --git a/lib/elements/utils.py b/lib/elements/utils.py
index cf770af46..6aec1cc2f 100644
--- a/lib/elements/utils.py
+++ b/lib/elements/utils.py
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ from inkex import BaseElement
 from lxml.etree import Comment
 
 from ..commands import is_command, layer_commands
-from ..debug.utils import safe_get
+from ..debug.debug import sew_stack_enabled
 from ..marker import has_marker
 from ..svg.tags import (CONNECTOR_TYPE, EMBROIDERABLE_TAGS, INKSCAPE_GROUPMODE,
                         NOT_EMBROIDERABLE_TAGS, SVG_CLIPPATH_TAG, SVG_DEFS_TAG,
                         SVG_GROUP_TAG, SVG_IMAGE_TAG, SVG_MASK_TAG,
                         SVG_TEXT_TAG)
-from ..utils.paths import get_ini
 from .clone import Clone, is_clone
 from .element import EmbroideryElement
 from .empty_d_object import EmptyDObject
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ def node_to_elements(node, clone_to_element=False) -> List[EmbroideryElement]:
             if element.get_boolean_param("stroke_first", False):
                 elements.reverse()
 
-        if safe_get(get_ini(), "DEBUG", "sew_stack_enable", default=False):
+        if sew_stack_enabled:
             elements.append(sew_stack)
 
         return elements
diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index 3e7716281..cfcaa29a7 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-from lib.debug.utils import safe_get
-from lib.utils.paths import get_ini
+from lib.debug.debug import sew_stack_enabled
 
 
 def element_count():
     element_count = 1
-    if safe_get(get_ini(), "DEBUG", "sew_stack_enable", default=False):
+    if sew_stack_enabled:
         element_count = 2
     return element_count