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Expand Up @@ -15641,8 +15641,43 @@ static int strbuf_demand_container_stores_here(Compiler *c, const char *contn, S
static int an_call_targets_scope(Compiler *c, int u, int mi2, Scope *m2);
static int an_class_dynamic_new_risk(Compiler *c, int cid);
static int strbuf_demand_local_container(Compiler *c, const char *vn, Scope *vs, int depth, int mode);
/* The parameters one outermost walk has already followed back to their
callers, each with the shallowest depth it was walked at. A parameter
handed on through a chain of methods, each called from several places,
was walked once per path to it -- exponential in the chain's length, and
each walk scans every call. Walking it again within the same walk, no
shallower than before, demands nothing new. */
typedef struct { int mi, pj, mode, depth; } SbParamSeen;
static SbParamSeen *sb_param_seen;
static int sb_param_seen_n, sb_param_seen_cap, sb_param_walk_nest;
static int sb_param_seen_check(int mi, int pj, int mode, int depth) {
for (int i = 0; i < sb_param_seen_n; i++) {
SbParamSeen *s = &sb_param_seen[i];
if (s->mi != mi || s->pj != pj || s->mode != mode) continue;
if (s->depth <= depth) return 1;
s->depth = depth;
return 0;
}
if (sb_param_seen_n == sb_param_seen_cap) {
sb_param_seen_cap = sb_param_seen_cap ? sb_param_seen_cap * 2 : 64;
sb_param_seen = realloc(sb_param_seen, sizeof *sb_param_seen * (size_t)sb_param_seen_cap);
if (!sb_param_seen) { fprintf(stderr, "spinel: out of memory\n"); exit(1); }
}
sb_param_seen[sb_param_seen_n++] = (SbParamSeen){ mi, pj, mode, depth };
return 0;
}
static int strbuf_demand_param_container_stores_walk(Compiler *c, const char *pn, Scope *ps,
int depth, int mode);
static int strbuf_demand_param_container_stores(Compiler *c, const char *pn, Scope *ps,
int depth, int mode) {
if (sb_param_walk_nest == 0) sb_param_seen_n = 0;
sb_param_walk_nest++;
int r = strbuf_demand_param_container_stores_walk(c, pn, ps, depth, mode);
sb_param_walk_nest--;
return r;
}
static int strbuf_demand_param_container_stores_walk(Compiler *c, const char *pn, Scope *ps,
int depth, int mode) {
const NodeTable *nt = c->nt;
int changed = 0;
if (depth > 8 || !ps || !pn) return 0;
Expand All @@ -15651,6 +15686,7 @@ static int strbuf_demand_param_container_stores(Compiler *c, const char *pn, Sco
int pj = an_param_idx(ps, pn);
if (pj < 0) return 0;
int mi = (int)(ps - c->scopes);
if (sb_param_seen_check(mi, pj, mode, depth)) return 0;
for (int u = comp_kind_first(c, NK_CallNode); u >= 0; u = comp_kind_next(c, u)) {
if (nt_kind(nt, u) != NK_CallNode) continue;
if (!an_call_targets_scope(c, u, mi, ps)) continue;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -19078,7 +19114,13 @@ static int promote_shared_stored_strings(Compiler *c) {
if (nt_kind(nt, recv4) == NK_LocalVariableReadNode) {
const char *pn4 = nt_str(nt, recv4, "name");
Scope *ps4 = pn4 ? comp_scope_of(c, recv4) : NULL;
if (ps4) changed |= strbuf_demand_container_stores(c, pn4, ps4);
LocalVar *pv4 = ps4 ? scope_local(ps4, pn4) : NULL;
/* a method's boxed parameter stays as it was: its walk goes back
through every caller, and on a large program's poly parameters
(each mutating block over one) that walk is what the
analysis spent its time on */
if (!pv4 || (pv4->is_param && !pv4->is_block_param)) continue;

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

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git diff --unified=35 9c7ea3ce06f30a06ecfd4dfb9930a9de7d3aa092 02f3d131c3c0b2412dec2ff0918fb4b0fdf036b3 -- src/analyze.c
printf '%s\n' '--- head blocks ---'
git show 02f3d131c3c0b2412dec2ff0918fb4b0fdf036b3:src/analyze.c | nl -ba | sed -n '15820,15910p;19050,19155p'
printf '%s\n' '--- references ---'
git grep -n -E 'strbuf_demand_(param_container_stores|container_stores)|demand_param_container_stores' 02f3d131c3c0b2412dec2ff0918fb4b0fdf036b3 -- '*.c' '*.h' || true
printf '%s\n' '--- base block ---'
git show 9c7ea3ce06f30a06ecfd4dfb9930a9de7d3aa092:src/analyze.c | nl -ba | sed -n '19070,19140p'

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GitHub matz spinel src/analyze.c strbuf_demand_param_container_stores

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`strbuf_demand_param_container_stores` is a `static` function in [`src/analyze.c`](https://github.com/matz/spinel/blob/master/src/analyze.c#L15299-L15535) (master; no commit or release was specified).

It follows a container parameter’s call sites to find where the passed container’s elements are stored. If a caller passes another parameter, it recurses; for an array literal, it examines the literal’s elements directly. The surrounding comment explains the purpose: propagate string-buffer demand back to caller containers when the callee mutates their elements. ([raw.githubusercontent.com](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matz/spinel/master/src/analyze.c))

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rev=02f3d131c3c0b2412dec2ff0918fb4b0fdf036b3
git show "$rev:src/analyze.c" | nl -ba | sed -n '17395,17455p;17955,18025p;18530,18615p;18675,18735p;19130,19210p'
printf '%s\n' '--- callers ---'
git show "$rev:src/analyze.c" | nl -ba | sed -n '17280,17325p;17880,17925p;18470,18525p;18620,18675p;19280,19335p'
printf '%s\n' '--- references ---'
git grep -n -F -- 'promote_shared_stored_strings' "$rev" -- src/analyze.c || true
git grep -n -F -- 'strbuf_demand_container_stores(' "$rev" -- src/analyze.c || true

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Length of output: 9323

Preserve caller demand for boxed method parameters.

When recv4 is a boxed method parameter, the condition at src/analyze.c:19122 continues before strbuf_demand_container_stores can reach strbuf_demand_param_container_stores. That walk is what follows the parameter to caller arguments. The continue at line 19126 also prevents the later demand calls in this branch. A direct array argument can therefore remain unpromoted, so vs.each { |s| s.strip! } can mutate a copy.

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-        if (!pv4 || (pv4->is_param && !pv4->is_block_param)) continue;
+        if (!pv4) continue;
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if (!pv4 || (pv4->is_param && !pv4->is_block_param)) continue;
if (!pv4) continue;
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Review comment at @src/analyze.c at line 19122:
Update the guard before the demand calls to skip only when pv4 is null, allowing
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changed |= strbuf_demand_container_stores(c, pn4, ps4);
}
else changed |= strbuf_container_source_walk(c, recv4, 0, SB_DEMAND);
continue;
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