Preallocate lists and vectors with the right size to prevent reallocation during iterations

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Current Situation

A lot of lists are allocated empty before an iteration loop :

same for vectors

this force list / vector re-allocation at each iteration which is a time costly operation leading to sub-optimal performance.

Expected

list shall be preallocated to their target size when possible.
vector shall be allocated with the right type and size when possible.