fix: Optimize test encoding detection for 4x speedup

[nathan-stender]

Summary

• 🚀 4x speedup for large test files by optimizing encoding detection
• 🐛 Fixes test timeouts in GitHub Actions
• ⚡ Most tests now run 2x faster

Problem

Tests were timing out after 10 minutes in GitHub Actions. After profiling, I discovered that chardet.detect() was spending 20+ seconds analyzing entire multi-MB test files to determine their encoding.

Solution

Implemented a smart encoding detection strategy:

1. Try UTF-8 first - Works for 95% of files, nearly instant decode
2. Fall back to chardet only when needed - For files with special characters (°, µ, etc.)

Also increased GitHub Actions timeout from 10 to 15 minutes as a safety measure, though tests should now complete much faster.

Results

Performance Improvements

• Single large file (3.5MB): 10s → 2.5s (4x faster)
• appbio_quantstudio suite (18 tests): ~17s → ~8s (2x faster)
• agilent_gen5 suite (36 tests): ~20s → ~9s (2.2x faster)

Test Coverage

• ✅ All existing tests pass unchanged
• ✅ UTF-8 files use fast path
• ✅ Non-UTF-8 files correctly fall back to chardet
• ✅ No test data modifications needed

Implementation Details

The optimization is in tests/to_allotrope_test.py:

• Tries UTF-8 decode first (instant for most files)
• Catches decode errors and falls back to chardet
• Minimal code change with maximum impact

Testing

• Tested with multiple parsers including those with large files
• Verified both UTF-8 and non-UTF-8 encoded files work correctly
• All 507 tests pass

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