zcbor.py: Performance improvements in DataTranslator #1553

Job	Run time
Merge test 1 - Twister (Windows) (mps2/an521/cpu0 - build only)	8m 4s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.9) functional tests (Ubuntu)	36s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.10) functional tests (Ubuntu)	36s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (native_sim)	3m 21s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.12) functional tests (Windows)	1m 26s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.11) functional tests (Ubuntu)	31s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (native_sim with asserts)	3m 13s
Merge tests 3 - Check repo files (Ubuntu)	34s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.12) functional tests (Ubuntu)	35s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (native_sim/native/64)	3m 16s
Merge tests 2 - Python (3.13) functional tests (Ubuntu)	42s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (native_sim/native/64 with asserts)	3m 15s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (mps2/an521/cpu0)	4m 16s
Merge test 1 - Twister (Ubuntu) (mps2/an521/cpu0 with asserts)	4m 32s
Release tests 1 - Check versions	0s
Release tests 3 (Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}${{ (((matrix.asserts != '') && ' with asserts') \|\| '') }})	0s
Release tests 4 (Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}${{ (((matrix.asserts != '') && ' with asserts') \|\| '') }})	0s
Release tests 2 - Fuzz	0s
	34m 57s

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