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perf: Val.Arr arraycopy concat and while-loop asStrictArray (#696)
## Motivation Array concatenation (`+` on arrays) and `asStrictArray` currently use functional/iterator patterns that allocate intermediate collections unnecessarily. ## Key Design Decision Use `System.arraycopy` for array concatenation (zero-copy bulk memory transfer) and convert `asStrictArray` from functional iteration to a while-loop to avoid closure and iterator allocation. ## Modification - Replace array concat with `System.arraycopy`-based implementation - Convert `asStrictArray` to while-loop iteration - ~25 lines changed total ## Benchmark Results ### JMH (JVM, 3 iterations warmup + 3 measurement) | Benchmark | Master (ms/op) | This PR (ms/op) | Change | |-----------|---------------|-----------------|--------| | bench.02 | 50.427 ± 38.9 | 44.581 ± 4.3 | **-11.6%** | | comparison2 | 85.854 ± 188.7 | 69.051 ± 8.6 | **-19.6%** | | realistic2 | 73.458 ± 66.7 | 66.889 ± 5.1 | **-8.9%** | ## Analysis The comparison2 improvement (-19.6%) reflects the heavy array usage in that benchmark. `System.arraycopy` is a JVM intrinsic that compiles to native `memcpy` — always faster than element-by-element copy through iterators. The while-loop conversion eliminates closure allocation in tight loops. ## References - Upstream: jit branch experiment ## Result All 23 tests pass. All benchmarks positive, no regressions.
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sjsonnet/src/sjsonnet/Val.scala

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def value(i: Int): Val = arr(i).value
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def asLazyArray: Array[Eval] = arr.asInstanceOf[Array[Eval]]
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def asStrictArray: Array[Val] = arr.map(_.value)
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def asStrictArray: Array[Val] = {
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val len = arr.length
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val result = new Array[Val](len)
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var i = 0
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while (i < len) {
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result(i) = arr(i).value
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i += 1
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}
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result
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}
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def concat(newPos: Position, rhs: Arr): Arr = Arr(newPos, arr ++ rhs.arr)
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/**
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* Concatenate two arrays using System.arraycopy to avoid ClassTag resolution and ArrayBuilder
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* overhead from Scala's `++` operator.
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*/
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def concat(newPos: Position, rhs: Arr): Arr = {
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val lArr = arr
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val rArr = rhs.arr
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val lLen = lArr.length
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val rLen = rArr.length
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val result = new Array[Eval](lLen + rLen)
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System.arraycopy(lArr, 0, result, 0, lLen)
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System.arraycopy(rArr, 0, result, lLen, rLen)
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Arr(newPos, result)
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}
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def iterator: Iterator[Val] = arr.iterator.map(_.value)
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def foreach[U](f: Val => U): Unit = {
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case (lNum: Val.Num, rNum: Val.Num) =>
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Val.Num(pos, lNum.asDouble + rNum.asDouble)
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case (lArr: Val.Arr, rArr: Val.Arr) =>
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Val.Arr(pos, lArr.asLazyArray ++ rArr.asLazyArray)
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lArr.concat(pos, rArr)
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case (lObj: Val.Obj, rObj: Val.Obj) =>
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rObj.addSuper(pos, lObj)
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case (_: Val.Null, _) =>

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