perf: Optimize array_to_string to avoid a copy#20639
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neilconway wants to merge 2 commits intoapache:mainfrom
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perf: Optimize array_to_string to avoid a copy#20639neilconway wants to merge 2 commits intoapache:mainfrom
array_to_string to avoid a copy#20639neilconway wants to merge 2 commits intoapache:mainfrom
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Which issue does this PR close?
N/A
Rationale for this change
array_to_stringused a temporary buffer to convert array elements to a string, before then copying that buffer into aStringBuilderviaappend_value. We can skip this copy by arranging to write directly into theStringBuilder's buffer because it implementsfmt::Write. This is a 12-18% performance improvement on thearray_to_string` benchmarks.What changes are included in this PR?
appendclosure to returnResult, which avoids a lot ofunwrapclutterAre these changes tested?
Yes -- covered by existing tests and benchmarks.
Are there any user-facing changes?
No.