perf(runtime): hoist the plain-number arm in the string-coercion ladders — toString -19.3%, String(n) -14.2% (#10762) - #10767
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… every element access (PerryTS#10718) An indexed read on an ordinary `Array` cost 87 instructions per element, against 6 for the identical arithmetic on a `Float64Array` and 16 for node. None of it was a runtime call: callgrind attributes 88.3 instructions per element to straight-line code in `main`, of which **56 are loop-invariant receiver revalidation** re-executed every iteration — the NaN-box tag and handle-band test, the forwarding-flag follow, and a six-load live-head guard that re-reads gc_type, gc_flags, obj_flags, a volatile invalidation flag, length and capacity. perry already has tiers that hoist exactly this proof into the loop preheader and version the loop. They were declining at a single gate in `stmt/loops.rs` — `array_static_type_excluded` — a **declared static type** test sitting in front of a tier that is otherwise fully runtime-guarded. `const a: number[] = new Array(400)` reached it and measured 13.4; plain `new Array(400)` infers `Array<any>` and did not, so ordinary JavaScript never got the tier it already had. Separately, and larger: `a[i] += 1` cost 948 instructions per element, 3.7x the identical `a[i] = a[i] + 1`, and a type annotation did not help. `lower/expr_assign.rs` minted the compound-assignment spill temporaries as `Type::Any`, erasing the receiver's array-ness and the index's integer-ness before codegen could see the statement — which is why no annotation could recover it. The temporaries now carry the operand types. Array read 87.0 -> 13.5 (node 16.3 — perry now wins 1.21x) a[i] += 1 948 -> 273 a[i] += b[i] 1025 -> 347 bare loop 4.0 -> 4.0 unchanged to the instruction Float64Array r/w 6.0/8.0 -> 6.0/8.0 unchanged to the instruction A particle simulation over four numeric arrays spends 60.9% fewer instructions (41.21 G -> 16.12 G) and 59% less peak RSS. The widened tier initially regressed a numeric window inside an otherwise non-numeric array by 33%, because the array-wide layout walk runs per loop entry. A window-scoped layout proof is used as a second chance after that walk declines; both shapes are now 12-13% wins, and arrays that are non-numeric from slot 0 are unchanged to the instruction. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YaNfLEjMRdhCLtk3SB5MdJ
…ent stores (PerryTS#10718) An indexed write cost 105 instructions per element with zero runtime calls; 51 of them were loop-invariant receiver revalidation and 42 was a write-barrier decision provable away from the value type. This widens the store admission the way PerryTS#10731 widened reads. a[i] = k + i 105 -> 17.4, a[i] = a[i] + 1 256 -> 24.5, a[i] = a[i] + b[i] 333 -> 35.9. The bare loop, both Float64Array paths and the indexed read are unchanged to the instruction. The barrier-stem census probe for idxset.recv_global gains a second statement: the widened tier made its loop qualify, which would have left that stem with no live witness. A future multi-statement store tier must re-shape the probe, not delete it. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YaNfLEjMRdhCLtk3SB5MdJ
…already had (PerryTS#10743) Fixes PerryTS#10743. Stacked on PerryTS#10746 (`2b2b89063`), which contains PerryTS#10731. `a[i] += 1` and `a[i] = a[i] + 1` are the same operation and node compiles both to the same cost. perry compiled them 11x apart -- 277 instructions per element against 24 -- and the slow one was the idiomatic spelling. HIR's `hoist_compound_member_assign` lowers a compound member assignment into two immutable alias `Let`s plus the store, so the base and the key are each evaluated exactly once and before the right-hand side. `packed_f64_range_loop_body_collect` admits exactly ONE statement, so the lowering guaranteed the statement could never reach the tier that makes the expanded form fast. Annotating the array changed nothing: the obstacle is the statement count, not type information. The temporaries stay. They are load-bearing -- an RHS call can reassign the bindings they were read from, and the store must still land at the index evaluated before it ran (`a[i] += (() => { i = 2; return 5; })()`). So the fold is in the MATCHER, and it applies only to the guarded fast clones: the slow clone lowers the statements as written, so a failed guard and every side exit still execute the specified evaluation order. Inside the matched subset the fold is exact, because `packed_f64_range_loop_pure_expr_collect` is a whitelist that admits no call, closure, `await`, update or assignment anywhere in the statement -- nothing can write the locals the aliases read. This needs none of PerryTS#10741's mid-iteration side-exit discipline: the folded-away statements perform no stores, so there is nothing to un-do when a guard fails partway. Per element, fitted across N=10,000 -> 50,000, three interleaved rounds per arm: a[i] += 1 277.05 -> 25.46 (node 16.9) a[i] -= 1 208.05 -> 27.45 (node 16.9) a[i] += b[i] 347.05 -> 35.86 (node 25.8) -- now exactly a[i] = a[i] + b[i] a[i] *= 1 206.05 -> 25.45 (node 15.1) a[i] |= 0 236.05 -> 52.46 (node 12.7) The bare loop, both `Float64Array` rows, the indexed read and write and both expanded spellings are unchanged -- their emitted LLVM IR is byte-identical between arms, which is a stronger witness than a flat fitted number. It moves none of the five real programs in PerryTS#10695, and the compiler's own trace says why: `sim` still reports 3 x `body_not_admissible`, because its inner loop is five statements containing two `if`s. This admits a body whose extra statements are compound-assign ALIASES, not a body whose extra statements do things. That remains PerryTS#10741. New diagnostic: `PERRY_PACKED_LOOP_TRACE=1` prints `[range-loop] admitted: compound_assign_alias_fold`. The existing traces report only DECLINES, so there was no way to show that a fixture claiming to exercise a guarded path actually reached it -- the exact gap that let PerryTS#10746 ship a GC stress whose fixtures were all declined before the guard under test ran. Correctness: 25 differential fixtures (evaluation order with a side-effecting RHS, getters and setters on the array / on `Array.prototype` / on the index, a prototype getter that truncates, deletes from or freezes the array mid-loop, frozen and sealed in sloppy and strict mode, a non-writable index, holes, out of bounds, past `length`, non-number elements, string `+=`, heap-reference stores, offset and affine indices, module-global receivers, typed arrays, and all fifteen compound operators) pass on both arms with byte-identical results. Guard sabotage: removing the per-store numeric-bits value check produces 27 SIGABRTs across seven heap-limit seeds under `PERRY_GC_FROMSPACE_SCAN_ABORT=1` (0 unsabotaged), with the from-space scan naming a survivor-space array holding an un-evacuated nursery pointer through a slot that was never marked dirty -- so this path does not bypass PerryTS#10746's write barrier, it is the same check on the same store. Neutering the loop-entry guard turns four fixtures red, all of them through the fold. The `mutable: false` condition is witnessed by a unit test and an IR test; the `__cmpd_` name test and the initialiser grammar are scoping restrictions with unit-test witnesses only, and lowering the folded body in the slow clone as well turns nothing red -- all three are stated as unwitnessed in the report rather than claimed. Gates: node identity 92 identical / 1 diff / 0 compile-fail on both arms with byte-identical results files (the diff is the pre-existing PerryTS#10733 `nest` defect); `perry-codegen` lib 1650 pass including the barrier stem census and its four sabotage twins, with NO census probe change needed; `perry-hir` green; clippy 470 = 470 with identical per-category counts; `cargo fmt`, `check_file_size.sh`, `gc_runtime_root_holders.py` and `local_binding_type_audit.py` clean and identical on both arms; peak RSS worst case +0.60%. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YaNfLEjMRdhCLtk3SB5MdJ
…e string-coercion ladders (PerryTS#10762) Four edits, all runtime, no codegen: `js_string_coerce` and `js_jsvalue_to_string_method` reached their plain-number arm last, through a seven-way jump table; `is_number()` is one range test and the exact complement of the arms it skips, so the number arm is hoisted ahead of them. `js_number_to_string`'s admission check forced LLVM to emit a 14-instruction saturating f64->u64 cast on a value already proven to be in 0..256, plus a redundant second bound check; the cheaper admission lets it emit a 4-instruction cast, and the cache-fill arm is outlined `#[cold]` so its inlined `format!` stops costing 15 instructions of prologue in the hit path. `format_number_into` gains a range-proven i32 arm. String(k%100) 190.0 -> 163.0 (-14.2%) n.toString() 536.3 -> 433.0 (-19.3%) `${n}` 433.3 -> 413.0 (-4.7%) String(k%1e6) 558.3 -> 540.3 (-3.2%) float 1146.6 -> 1136.6 (-0.9%) "" + n 264.5 -> 264.5 0.00% control (no conv) 82.0 -> 82.0 0.00% No row regresses. Both arms are flat within 2% across 20k->200k and 500k->5M. This does not reach parity with node or bun, and the remaining distance needs an ABI change rather than another pass: `"" + n` never allocates, because `js_string_concat_value_box` returns an f64 and packs a short result into SHORT_STRING_TAG, while the other three entry points are declared `-> *mut StringHeader` and must allocate a heap string for a three-byte result. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01YaNfLEjMRdhCLtk3SB5MdJ
📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change optimizes packed array loops and compound assignments. It adds window-scoped numeric guards and preserves compound-assignment types. It also shortens plain-number string conversion paths and documents the measured performance changes. ChangesPacked array loop optimization
Number string conversion optimization
Priority: ⬇️ Low Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes Change: Refactor Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to The widened array loop optimization can let a loop that also reads indices like a[i * 2] take the fast path after checking only part of the array, so a non-numeric element outside the checked range could be read as a number and produce wrong results. This should be tightened before merge; the remaining item is a documentation scope correction. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 4 | ❌ 1❌ Failed checks (1 warning)
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6196-6226: 📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🔵 Trivial | 💤 Low valueDocument both read and written range-loop consumers.
local_is_guardable_untyped_arrayis also called bywritten_untyped_binding_is_guardable, so the erased-element hint participates in written-loop admission after the storage checks. Remove theREAD-onlyrestriction, and mention the store-side obligations. Move the doc block at lines 6228-6245 ontolocal_array_binding_element_type_is_erased, which it describes. Update the allowlist reason to cover both read and written loops. The audit requires a substantive reason and CI runs it, although it does not semantically validate the reason's wording.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typed_feedback.rs`:
- Around line 1483-1490: Update emit_packed_f64_range_guards and the guard
declarations so any access.affine path requires an array-wide numeric proof in
addition to the existing four-argument min_idx/max_idx_exclusive window check.
Preserve the four-argument validation for mixed counter/static accesses, and do
not replace it with the two-argument receiver guard; ensure affine loads cannot
skip type or hole validation when the array-wide rebuild fails.
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/stmt/loops.rs`:
- Around line 6196-6226: Update the documentation for
local_is_guardable_untyped_array to cover both read and written range-loop
consumers, including the store-side obligations enforced by
written_untyped_binding_is_guardable; remove the READ-only restriction and
revise the allowlist reason accordingly. Move the detailed erased-element
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| if crate::array::rebuild_array_numeric_raw_f64_allow_holes(arr) { | ||
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| // #10718: the array-wide invariant can fail on a slot this loop never | ||
| // touches. The clone reads only `[min_idx, max_idx_exclusive)`, so a | ||
| // window-scoped proof is the whole requirement; it records nothing, so | ||
| // the array-wide claim above stays the authority for everyone else. | ||
| crate::array::array_window_is_numeric_raw_f64_allow_holes(arr, min_idx, max_idx_exclusive) |
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Require an array-wide proof for mixed affine accesses.
When an array has both counter/static and affine accesses, emit_packed_f64_range_guards uses the four-argument guard. Its min_idx and max_idx_exclusive cover only the counter/static window. The affine endpoint check proves only that each affine index is within the live length.
If the array-wide rebuild fails because an affine-only slot contains a non-numeric value, the new fallback can still admit the fast clone after validating only the counter/static window. The affine fact sets allow_holes: false and can set window_validated: true. The affine load then skips its bounds check and performs a raw f64 load without a type or hole check. A read such as a[i * 2] can therefore reinterpret a non-numeric slot outside the guarded window.
Keep the four-argument bounds check for mixed arrays, but require an array-wide numeric proof whenever access.affine is set. Add and declare a wide-proof guard variant, or pass this requirement through the existing guard. Do not use the existing two-argument receiver guard for mixed arrays because counter accesses still require min_idx/max_idx_exclusive validation.
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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/typed_feedback.rs` around lines 1483 - 1490, Update
emit_packed_f64_range_guards and the guard declarations so any access.affine
path requires an array-wide numeric proof in addition to the existing
four-argument min_idx/max_idx_exclusive window check. Preserve the four-argument
validation for mixed counter/static accesses, and do not replace it with the
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Landed via merge train 234 (#10786) as v0.5.1613 — Your commits are on #10774's premise was verified independently rather than read from the comment, since the whole change rests on it: #6991 is CLOSED (2026-08-02), The boundary you identified is the useful part and it is preserved in the train body: a top-level binding read only at top level is not globalized, and this gate was its whole blocker; one read from inside a function globalizes it and it becomes #7109. That is why three fixtures move and the nine real programs do not — and you verified the mechanism (identical module-init denial mentions on both arms for all nine) rather than just reporting the zero. Two representation-check flags worth knowing about, both correct absences rather than dropped work:
Validation: nine cheap gates, |
Part of #10762.
Four edits, all runtime, no codegen.
js_string_coerceandjs_jsvalue_to_string_methodreached their plain-number arm last, through a seven-way jump table, thoughis_number()is one range test and the exact complement of the arms it skips.js_number_to_string's admission check forced LLVM to emit a 14-instruction saturatingf64→u64cast on a value already proven to be in 0..256, plus a redundant second bound check.format_number_intogains a range-proven i32 arm.String(k % 100)n.toString()`${n}`String(k % 1e6)"" + nNo row regresses. Both arms are flat within 2% across 20k→200k and 500k→5M.
The issue's table needed revising, and this corrects it
The four-way spread in #10762 is two spellings and two value ranges, not four spellings. My fixtures did not hold the value range fixed: the
String(n)row usedk % 100, entirely inside the 256-entrySMALL_INT_CACHE, while the other three usedk % 1000, which misses 74.4% of the time. Measured at both ranges:k % 100(100% hit)k % 1000(25.6% hit)String(n)`${n}`"" + nn.toString()String(n)and the template literal are the same path — same functions, same call counts, same totals to the unit. The 206-against-435 gap I reported was 100% value range. There is no template defect.n.toString()costsString(n)plus exactly 103.0 at both ranges — flat, so pure dispatch, and that is the #10743-shaped defect. It is a four-frame detour:js_jsvalue_to_string_method→to_string_method_impl(which writes a thread-local one-shot) →js_jsvalue_to_string(which reads and clears it, probes for a JS handle, then walks its own eight-arm ladder) →js_number_coerce. The arithmetic closes exactly: (2 + 33 + 21 + 70) − 31 = 95, plus 8 inmain= 103.0.Also, ~82 Ir/op of every absolute number in the issue's table is harness — the bare loop with no conversion costs 82.0, about 60 of it inline software ToInt32 for the fixture's own
|0. The same contamination was found independently in #10761.Parity is not reached, and the reason is an ABI
Best-of ratios go 15.5× → 12.4× on
toStringand 5.7× → 4.9× onString."" + nnever allocates:js_string_concat_value_boxreturns anf64and packs a result of ≤5 bytes intoSHORT_STRING_TAG. The other three entry points are declared-> *mut StringHeader, so they must allocate a heap string for a three-byte result. Removing that needs_boxvariants and a codegen change — codegen already NaN-boxes the result immediately after the call, so the information is there.But
"" + nis still 8.3× bun at 264.5 while allocating nothing, so removing the allocation is necessary and not sufficient: parity also needs the conversion inlined at the call site. That is a second, larger change, and I would rather land this and state the gap than half-do it.Real programs: only one moves, and the profiles say why
text−0.91% (reproducible to two decimal places).tok,sim,graph,records: 0.00%. All four CLI programs ≤0.06% on instructions, with wall clock indistinguishable from noise (load average 31 during the run, ±5% across four min-of-60 rounds with no consistent direction).The useful finding is why: real perry programs do not use the spellings #10762 measures.
csv's profile contains nojs_number_to_stringand nojs_string_coerceat all. Its number formatting goes throughjs_string_concat_chainat 1,174.8 Ir/call.text's number cost isjs_number_to_fixedat 477.9 Ir/call — 10.5% of the whole program by itself, which is more real-program number-formatting cost than everything in this issue combined.Those two symbols are where the next pass should go.
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perry-runtime4074 passed / 0 failed;perry-hirclean;perry-codegenmanifest_consistencyfails identically on base (net/http manifest drift, unrelated).cargo fmtclean; clippy 882 = 882 aftercargo clean -pper arm; all three scripts clean and identical. RSS ≤ +1.3%. GC stress 80 runs, 0 failures, with the guarded path provably reached and the fixture byte-compared to node on every run. Node identity unchanged on all four suites — onlynest(#10733) and a pre-existing non-numeric probe differ, on both arms.All seven guards sabotage-proven, each with a named failing output: dropping
value >= 0.0makesString(-1)print"0"; droppingabs() < 2^31makesString(999999999999999)print"2147483647"; violating the cache bound aborts rc=134. None was unfalsifiable.https://claude.ai/code/session_01YaNfLEjMRdhCLtk3SB5MdJ
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