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Expr::ObjectRest's excluded-key array — the [k1, k2, …] that const {a, b, ...rest} = obj needs so rest omits the named fields — was built with js_array_alloc_with_length plus one js_array_set_f64_unchecked call per excluded key. Each of those per-key calls re-derived and re-bounds-checked a receiver the same code had just allocated itself, so every check inside (frozen?, has index descriptors?, index in range?) was statically true at that site.

perry-codegen already had the right tool — lower_array_literal / emit_array_from_lowered_values, an inline bump-allocation plus N stores with a runtime call only on the cold arena-full arm — previously used only for the rest/arguments call-bundle case.

N+1 runtime calls → 0–1. Measured −886 instructions per rest-destructuring (−8.7%), and −845 (−8.4%) with auto-optimize on, so the win holds in both regimes.

The allocation was also reordered so the source object's pointer is derived after it rather than cached across it, per the root-dominance invariant.

The hypothesis it was meant to test, and why that part isn't fixed here

The brief's premise was that const {a, b} = obj lowers to N independent shape-guarded reads where one guard plus N slot loads would do. Structurally that is truepattern_binding.rs emits one requireObjectCoercible then N fully independent PropertyGets, each entering the per-site IC tower from scratch, with no cross-field sharing. Confirmed by reading generic_dispatch.rs, not inferred.

But the recoverable amount is smaller than a naive per-field average implies. 5-field costs 275.42 and 2-field 145.16, so each additional field is ~43 instructions — well below 2-field's naive per-field average of ~72.5. A large fixed slice of what looks like per-field cost is the once-per-statement requireObjectCoercible, not duplicated guard work.

Sharing the guard across fields would need a "same receiver, N sequential reads" mechanism that does not exist in the tree — the closest thing, PropertyGetIcOverride, is narrowly scoped to a different if (!x) return x pattern. That is a materially larger codegen change and is not attempted here. Recorded as a measured "near-optimal without X" result rather than left as an open implication.

Function-parameter destructuring routes through the identical machinery (generate_param_destructuring_stmtslower_pattern_binding), so it inherits exactly this cost with no parameter-specific penalty.

Measurement

Differential probe (16 vs 80 reps × N vs 2N), bare-loop control in the 1–5 instruction range in every arm.

shape base this branch Δ
rest {a,b,...rest} 10158.72 9272.49 −886 (−8.7%)
rest, auto-optimize on 10032.47 9187.72 −845 (−8.4%)
2-field {a,b} 145.23 145.16 ~0 (control)
5-field 275.22 275.42 ~0 (control)
nested {a:{b}} 146.27 148.11 ~0 (control)
default, untriggered 118.53 117.15 ~0 (control)
param 2-field 175.79 174.09 ~0 (control)

The five untouched shapes moving ~0 is the control that says the change reached only what it claims to.

Stated honestly: the rest figure's absolute magnitude is allocation-dominated and therefore GC-cycle-sensitive. Variance within an arm was under 0.2%, but N→2N scaling isn't cleanly linear for the fixed arm, because changing allocation volume shifts when a collection triggers relative to N. Three rounds agreed on direction and rough size, and it reproduces in both flag regimes — but the harder, noise-free evidence is the --trace llvm call-count reduction from N+1 to 0–1. Treat ~8.5% as direction and magnitude, not precision.

Separate pre-existing bug found, not fixed here

const {...rest} = obj silently drops Symbol-keyed own properties from rest instead of copying them. Reproduces identically on the unmodified base binary — it lives in js_object_rest's key-copy logic (object/delete_rest.rs), which this diff never touches. The gap test scopes it out with an explanatory comment rather than asserting wrong behaviour. Filed separately.

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  • Gap test byte-identical to node 26.5.1, covering all six shapes plus missing-property → undefined, defaults applying to undefined and not null, getters running in pattern order, null/undefined → TypeError (including empty and rest-only patterns), Symbol-key reads, and computed-key-with-rest verified once-evaluated. The computed-key path provably never reaches the changed code: exclude_keys is populated only from static PropName::Ident/Str/Num, and a computed key is excluded through a separate delete-based path.
  • RUST_TEST_THREADS=1 cargo test --release -p perry-runtime --lib: 4115 passed, 0 failed.
  • GC stress run against the perf probe rather than the gap test, because the gap test has no loops and would have produced a vacuous run: seeds 1 and 42, copying_minors=56, moved_objects=34, loop_polls=50, retired_set=#0..#55, exit 0, output still node-identical under from-space poisoning.
  • run_lint_gates.sh 84/85 — the one failure is the known-red public-baseline step. cargo fmt --all -- --check clean.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance

    • Improved the performance of object rest destructuring by making excluded-key handling more efficient, especially when destructuring objects with multiple named properties.
    • Existing object rest behavior remains unchanged, including nested patterns, default values, computed keys, and error handling for nullish sources.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for object destructuring, rest properties, defaults, getters, computed keys, symbols, nested patterns, and function parameters.

Ralph Küpper added 2 commits September 20, 2026 15:32
…t N calls

const {a, b, ...rest} = obj built the excluded-key array via one
js_array_alloc_with_length call plus one js_array_set_f64_unchecked call
per excluded key. Each per-key call re-derives and re-bounds-checks a
receiver the site just allocated itself, so every check inside (frozen?,
has index descriptors?, index in range?) was statically true. The
excluded keys are compile-time-known string literals, so route them
through lower_array_literal instead -- the same inline bump-allocation
path an ordinary [k1, k2, ...] literal already takes, previously reused
only for the rest/arguments call-bundle case. Also reorders so the
source object's pointer is derived after that allocation instead of
cached across it.

Found and documented (not fixed, unrelated to this change): {...rest}
drops Symbol-keyed properties from the source object instead of copying
them through -- reproduces identically on unmodified main.
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Object-rest lowering

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Object-rest exclusion array codegen
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/bigint_set.rs, changelog.d/10814-destructuring-rest-array-literal.md
ObjectRest now lowers statically known excluded keys through lower_array_literal. The source object is lowered after the key-array allocation.
Destructuring behavior coverage
test-files/test_gap_object_destructuring_field_and_rest_guard.ts, changelog.d/10814-destructuring-rest-array-literal.md
Tests cover nested patterns, defaults, missing properties, computed keys, getters, nullish sources, function parameters, and Symbol-keyed access. The changelog records an unaffected Symbol-keyed rest bug.

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Change: Refactor

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 8ca44

Object-rest destructuring can use an invalid exclusion-array pointer when evaluating an allocating source expression, risking crashes or incorrect results. This should be fixed before merge.

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In `@changelog.d/10814-destructuring-rest-array-literal.md`:
- Around line 10-12: Update the allocation description in the changelog to
distinguish nonempty exclusion arrays from the empty array used by const {
...rest } = obj: state that inline bump allocation and the cold arena-full call
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/bigint_set.rs`:
- Around line 475-479: Root keys_arr_boxed across the lower_expr(ctx, object)
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previously reused only for the rest/`arguments` call-bundle case): one inline
bump allocation plus N `store double`, with a single call only on the cold
arena-full arm. `js_object_rest` itself, and everything downstream of it, is

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Document the empty exclusion-array case.

For const { ...rest } = obj, exclude_keys is empty. lower_array_literal then uses its js_array_alloc(0) branch. It does not use inline bump allocation or a cold arena-full call. Qualify this statement for nonempty arrays, or document the empty-array allocation separately.

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In `@changelog.d/10814-destructuring-rest-array-literal.md` around lines 10 - 12,
Update the allocation description in the changelog to distinguish nonempty
exclusion arrays from the empty array used by const { ...rest } = obj: state
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let keys_arr = {
let blk = ctx.block();
let bits = blk.bitcast_double_to_i64(&keys_arr_boxed);
blk.and(I64, &bits, POINTER_MASK_I64)
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Root the exclusion array across source-object lowering.

lower_expr(ctx, object) can allocate or trigger GC. This code derives keys_arr before that call, then passes the raw pointer to js_object_rest afterward. An evacuating collection during a source expression such as makeObject() can move the exclusion array. js_object_rest can then receive a stale pointer.

Root keys_arr_boxed through source-object lowering. Re-derive keys_arr immediately before js_object_rest.

Based on learnings, GC-capable calls require roots and raw-pointer re-derivation.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/bigint_set.rs` around lines 475 - 479, Root
keys_arr_boxed across the lower_expr(ctx, object) source-object lowering call,
since it may trigger GC and move the exclusion array. After lowering the source
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Landed via merge train 242 (#10830) as v0.5.1621e2a0839074.

Eight PRs travelled together because their file sets are disjoint — 30 files, +1,514/−101, zero overlap. Validated as one tree: ten cheap gates, -D warnings across all targets, five pinned artifacts byte-identical before and after, seven unit suites with an empty failing set, both compiler-output suites at failed_workloads=[], repsel_census rc=0, and a 250-fixture sweep with one area per PR (class 84, string 50, object 40, map 21, stream 18, bind 14, url 12, regex 11) — zero unexplained regressions.

Two of the eight needed a fix before they could land, both made in the train rather than bounced back.

#10816 bound sep_jv unconditionally in string/split.rs while reading it only inside #[cfg(feature = "regex-engine")], so RUSTFLAGS="-D warnings" cargo check -p perry --bins failed. Worth knowing why this is invisible in normal review: a one-invocation whole-workspace build unifies cargo features, so the regex engine is always on and the binding always read — only the per-package command, one of six run_lint_gates.sh derives, sees it. Same family as cargo check --lib not compiling cfg(test) code. Gated behind the feature that reads it; lim_jv on the next line was checked separately and is genuinely used outside the block.

#10817 added 15 dispatch entries without regenerating the docs, so the API-docs-drift check failed. Regenerated from a built binary: 2855 → 2870, exactly your 15, with perry.d.ts correctly unchanged at 2026 since those rows are dispatch-table rather than public surface. it_manifest_consistency passes on the assembled tree, which is the stronger signal — a green drift check only proves the files match the binary; that suite proves the manifest is internally consistent.

For future PRs in this area: scripts/regen_api_docs.sh hardcodes <worktree>/target/release/perry and, with that binary absent, regenerates from nothing and leaves both files truncated. A real regeneration moves the header counts and leaves the tail intact — worth checking the tail, not just the count.

One more thing, aimed at whoever cuts the next PR here: verify() flagged an exponential-backoff manifest entry in #10817 as missing from the train. That was correct — train 240 removed the binding, and restoring the entry would have failed manifest sync. main is moving several times an hour at the moment, so a PR cut against a base more than a few hours old is worth rebasing before review rather than after.

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