ruby/benchmark/string_concat.yml
Jean Boussier 3d350d6670 Use rb_obj_shape_slot_size over rb_gc_obj_slot_size
`rb_gc_obj_slot_size` has to check the page metadata to
get the slot size, which likely cause cache misses.

`rb_obj_shape_slot_size` does simple arithmetic using
only a few shape bits.

```
compare-ruby: ruby 4.1.0dev (2026-07-08T03:48:16Z master 01c5b2e890) +PRISM [arm64-darwin25]
built-ruby: ruby 4.1.0dev (2026-07-08T10:17:41Z gc-changed-slot-size 08029b0f7c) +PRISM [arm64-darwin25]
warming up.
```

|                        |compare-ruby|built-ruby|
|:-----------------------|-----------:|---------:|
|binary_concat_embedded  |      5.262M|    5.707M|
|                        |           -|     1.08x|
2026-07-08 13:39:59 +02:00

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prelude: |
# frozen_string_literal: true
CHUNK = "a" * 64
UCHUNK = "é" * 32
SHORT = "a" * (GC.stat_heap(0, :slot_size) / 2)
LONG = "a" * (GC.stat_heap(0, :slot_size) * 2)
GC.disable # GC causes a lot of variance
benchmark:
binary_concat_embedded: |
# Concat 20 times in a String with 23 capacity
# Excercise `str_embed_capa`
buffer = +""
buffer << "1" << "2" << "3" << "4" << "5" << "6" << "7" << "8" << "9" << "0"
buffer << "1" << "2" << "3" << "4" << "5" << "6" << "7" << "8" << "9" << "0"
binary_concat_7bit: |
buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::BINARY)
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
utf8_concat_7bit: |
buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::UTF_8)
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
buffer << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK << CHUNK
utf8_concat_UTF8: |
buffer = String.new(capacity: 4096, encoding: Encoding::UTF_8)
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
buffer << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK << UCHUNK
interpolation: |
buffer = "#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}" \
"#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}#{CHUNK}"
interpolation_same_heap: |
buffer = "#{SHORT}#{SHORT}"
interpolation_switching_heaps: |
buffer = "#{SHORT}#{LONG}"