docs: update README and CHANGELOG for v1.0.0-pre.4

Replace per-module malloc calls in stk_pending_retry and stk_poll
with bulk allocations.

- stk_pending_retry: single realloc to module_count + stk_pending_count
  before the retry loop instead of realloc + 1 per module at attempt_load
- stk_poll unload loop: collect cascade deps into a batch array, call
  stk_pending_add_batch once after instead of stk_pending_add per module
- stk_poll cascade loop: same pattern, batch collect and add once per
  cascade iteration

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.0.0-pre.4] - 2026-03-07
+
+### Changed
+- `stk_pending_retry()`: replaced per-module `realloc` at `attempt_load` with a single bulk allocation upfront (`module_count + stk_pending_count`) before the retry loop.
+- `stk_poll()`: replaced per-module `stk_pending_add()` calls inside the unload and cascade loops with batch collection followed by a single `stk_pending_add_batch()` call after each loop.
+
 ## [1.0.0-pre.3] - 2026-03-07
 
 ### Added
@@ -162,7 +168,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Dependency management and versioning not yet implemented
 - API is unstable and subject to change in future releases
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v1.0.0-pre.3...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v1.0.0-pre.4...HEAD
+[1.0.0-pre.4]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v1.0.0-pre.3...v1.0.0-pre.4
 [1.0.0-pre.3]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v1.0.0-pre.2...v1.0.0-pre.3
 [1.0.0-pre.2]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v1.0.0-pre.1...v1.0.0-pre.2
 [1.0.0-pre.1]: https://github.com/anth64/stk/compare/v0.1.3...v1.0.0-pre.1

README.md

@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ stk_init();
 
 ## Project Status
 
-**Current Version:** 1.0.0-pre.3
+**Current Version:** 1.0.0-pre.4
 
 ### What Works
 - Cross-platform module loading and hot-reloading

src/module.c

@@ -1026,6 +1026,9 @@ size_t stk_pending_retry(void)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+	if (stk_module_realloc_memory(module_count + stk_pending_count) != 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < stk_pending_count; i++) {
 		extract_module_id(stk_pending[i], pending_id);
 		if (is_mod_loaded(pending_id) >= 0) {
@@ -1073,9 +1076,6 @@ size_t stk_pending_retry(void)
 			continue;
 
 	attempt_load:
-		if (stk_module_realloc_memory(module_count + 1) != 0)
-			continue;
-
 		result = stk_module_load(stk_pending[i], module_count);
 		if (result != STK_MOD_INIT_SUCCESS)
 			continue;

src/stk.c

@@ -303,15 +303,17 @@ size_t stk_poll(void)
 	size_t expanded_count;
 	size_t index, oi;
 	int is_orig;
-	char dep_tmp_path[STK_PATH_MAX_OS];
 	size_t write;
 	size_t li;
 	int fi;
 	int file_index, mod_index, target_index;
 	size_t cascade_indices[STK_PATH_MAX];
 	size_t cascade_count;
-	char cascade_tmp_path[STK_PATH_MAX_OS];
 	size_t j, k, cascade_write;
+	char (*dep_batch)[STK_PATH_MAX_OS] = NULL;
+	size_t dep_batch_count = 0;
+	char (*cascade_batch)[STK_PATH_MAX_OS] = NULL;
+	size_t cascade_batch_count = 0;
 
 	if (module_count > 0) {
 		module_ids = malloc(module_count * sizeof(*module_ids));
@@ -403,6 +405,9 @@ begin_operations:
 		stk_collect_dependents(unload_order, &expanded_count);
 		stk_sort_unload_order(unload_order, expanded_count);
 
+		dep_batch = malloc(expanded_count * sizeof(*dep_batch));
+		dep_batch_count = 0;
+
 		for (i = 0; i < expanded_count; i++) {
 			index = unload_order[i];
 
@@ -417,17 +422,27 @@ begin_operations:
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-			if (!is_orig) {
-				build_path(dep_tmp_path, sizeof(dep_tmp_path),
+			if (!is_orig && dep_batch) {
+				build_path(dep_batch[dep_batch_count],
+					   sizeof(dep_batch[dep_batch_count]),
 					   stk_tmp_dir, stk_modules[index].id);
-				strncat(dep_tmp_path, STK_MODULE_EXT,
-					sizeof(dep_tmp_path) -
-					    strlen(dep_tmp_path) - 1);
-				stk_pending_add(dep_tmp_path);
+				strncat(
+				    dep_batch[dep_batch_count], STK_MODULE_EXT,
+				    sizeof(dep_batch[dep_batch_count]) -
+					strlen(dep_batch[dep_batch_count]) - 1);
+				dep_batch_count++;
 			}
 
 			stk_module_unload(index);
 		}
+
+		if (dep_batch_count > 0)
+			stk_pending_add_batch(
+			    (const char (*)[STK_PATH_MAX_OS])dep_batch,
+			    dep_batch_count);
+
+		free(dep_batch);
+		dep_batch = NULL;
 		free(unload_order);
 		unload_order = NULL;
 	} else {
@@ -569,18 +584,37 @@ validate_deps:
 		if (cascade_count == 0)
 			break;
 
+		cascade_batch = malloc(cascade_count * sizeof(*cascade_batch));
+		cascade_batch_count = 0;
+
 		for (j = 0; j < cascade_count; j++) {
 			index = cascade_indices[j];
 			stk_log_dependency_failures(index, "Unloading");
-			build_path(cascade_tmp_path, sizeof(cascade_tmp_path),
-				   stk_tmp_dir, stk_modules[index].id);
-			strncat(cascade_tmp_path, STK_MODULE_EXT,
-				sizeof(cascade_tmp_path) -
-				    strlen(cascade_tmp_path) - 1);
-			stk_pending_add(cascade_tmp_path);
+			if (cascade_batch) {
+				build_path(
+				    cascade_batch[cascade_batch_count],
+				    sizeof(cascade_batch[cascade_batch_count]),
+				    stk_tmp_dir, stk_modules[index].id);
+				strncat(
+				    cascade_batch[cascade_batch_count],
+				    STK_MODULE_EXT,
+				    sizeof(cascade_batch[cascade_batch_count]) -
+					strlen(cascade_batch
+						   [cascade_batch_count]) -
+					1);
+				cascade_batch_count++;
+			}
 			stk_module_unload(index);
 		}
 
+		if (cascade_batch_count > 0)
+			stk_pending_add_batch(
+			    (const char (*)[STK_PATH_MAX_OS])cascade_batch,
+			    cascade_batch_count);
+
+		free(cascade_batch);
+		cascade_batch = NULL;
+
 		cascade_write = 0;
 		for (j = 0; j < module_count; j++) {
 			if (stk_modules[j].handle != NULL) {