Merge pull request #23 from geoschem/feature/improve_speed_by_reducing_error_checks

Improve speed by reducing error checks and safety initializations

Author: lizziel

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 ### Added
 - Added gcc 14 to github action to build Cloud-J on mac
 
+### Changed
+- Minimized usage and checks of error codes to speed up the model
+
 ### Removed
 - Removed gcc 11 from github action to build Cloud-J on mac
+- Removed safety initialization of outputs where assigning all values is obvious to improve performance
 
 ## [7.7.2] - 2024-07-12
 ### Added