fix: inline tiny runtime string ops, retire packed-u128 pair ABI (I-093, I-161, I-181) - #149
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__ryo_slice/__ryo_bytes_slice, string/bytes literal packing, and short-literal ryo_str_eq are a handful of instructions each but were opaque extern calls: two calls plus a legalized 128-bit-shift pair unpack per scan iteration in benchmarks/string_slicing. - Emit slice bodies inline (bounds + UTF-8 boundary guards branch to the shared cold ryo_panic blocks; null-when-empty ptr preserved) - Materialize literals as pure constants (symbol_value + iconst, cap=0 sentinel); pack_pair was the whole from_literal body - Specialize ==/!= against literals up to 16 bytes as a length check plus gated per-byte compares; general ryo_str_eq stays extern - Delete the packed-u128 pair ABI: emit_rv_pair_call/emit_rv_str_call/ emit_rv_bytes_call/CapRule, the four dead runtime exports and their unit tests, the enable_llvm_abi_extensions flag and its guard tests string_slicing AOT: 3.35x -> 2.14x vs Rust (5.4 ms -> 3.2 ms).
declare_runtime_fn re-imported the same runtime function at every use site (two int_to_str calls = two import declarations), and the JIT symbol list was hand-synced with the call sites — including dead registrations for ryo_str_alloc / ryo_bytes_alloc, which codegen never calls. - Codegen gains a module-level HashMap<&'static str, FuncId> cache, threaded into FunctionContext like guard_msg_data; cache hit reuses the import and only re-derives the cheap per-function FuncRef - declare_runtime_fn takes the FunctionContext (and &'static str names) instead of a bare module; declare_str_free / declare_bytes_free wrappers follow - The JIT symbol list is a single runtime_symbols() table; the two dead alloc registrations are dropped CLIF-verified: two int_to_str calls in one function now share one imported FuncId.
The three entries are resolved by the preceding two commits on this branch; numbers stay retired. I-144's stale cross-ref to I-093 (the per-use re-import it cited is now cached) is trimmed. The string_slicing README's 'planned fix' section is rewritten past-tense with the 2026-09-17 checkpoint: AOT 5.1 -> 3.4 ms, JIT 7.4 -> 4.7 ms, 2.27x vs Rust.
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Included review availability: Your plan provides up to 1 included review per hour; 0 remain after this review. 📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe change removes packed-u128 string and bytes runtime producers. Codegen now emits literals, slices, and selected comparisons inline, caches runtime declarations, updates JIT symbols, and revises tests, benchmarks, and issue documentation. ChangesString ABI and inline code generation
Priority: ➖ Normal Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~60 minutes Change: Bug fix Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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ExpressionCodegen->>Cranelift: Emit literal and slice values inline
ExpressionCodegen->>Cranelift: Emit bounds and UTF-8 checks
Cranelift->>Runtime: Call panic or comparison fallback
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In `@benchmarks/string_slicing/README.md`:
- Line 53: Update the measurement note following the 2026-09-17 table so its
provenance and Ryo values match that checkpoint, using the 2026-09-17 source and
3.4/4.7 ms measurements; alternatively, explicitly label the existing note as
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- Line 290: Update the emit_conditional_dead_drops reference in ISSUES.md to
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In `@ryo-backend/src/codegen/str_ops.rs`:
- Around line 1-112: Update test_slice_empty to bind the result of s[3:] and
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🟡 Minor · Preserve the slice panic newline. · str_ops.rs:1-112
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick winPreserve the slice panic newline.
When an invalid range or a non-boundary
strindex reaches the inline panic path,emit_deferred_panic_blockscallsryo_panicwith the message bytes only.ryo_panicdoes not append\n, while the previous__ryo_sliceand__ryo_bytes_slicepaths usedslice_fail, which appended a newline. Append\nto both inline slice panic messages so invalid slices preserve the prior stderr format.🤖 Prompt for AI Agents
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In `@ryo-backend/src/codegen/str_ops.rs`:
- Around line 1-112: Update the panic messages passed by emit_slice_inline and
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emit_bytes_eq moved to str_ops.rs next to emit_str_eq; both now share emit_pair_eq, which inlines the compare when either side is a string or bytes literal of <= 16 bytes (length check + per-byte compares behind a branch) and only falls back to the extern ryo_str_eq/ryo_bytes_eq otherwise. Measured on a bytesview variant of benchmarks/string_slicing (text: bytes, s[i:i+3] == b"fox"): 4.6 ms -> 2.8 ms AOT once the per-iteration ryo_bytes_eq call is inlined (str variant: 3.4 ms, Rust: 1.6 ms; hyperfine -N, M-series).
string_slicing was not comparing like with like: Ryo's strview slices pay spec-mandated UTF-8 char-boundary validation while the Rust and Swift arms scanned raw bytes. The byte-scanning arms move to the new byte_slicing benchmark (Ryo bytes/bytesview, Rust &[u8], Swift [UInt8]) and string_slicing's Rust/Swift arms are converted to string semantics (Rust &str via text.get(i..i+3) with the same per-slice boundary validation as Ryo; Swift String.UTF8View scanned by index, dropping the [UInt8] materialization). 2026-09-17 (M3 Pro, hyperfine --shell=none): byte_slicing: Rust 1.6 / Swift 2.5 / Ryo AOT 2.7 / Ryo JIT 4.2 ms string_slicing: Rust 1.8 / Ryo AOT 3.4 / Ryo JIT 4.9 / Swift 6.2 ms On string semantics Ryo AOT now beats Swift; the str-vs-bytes delta in Ryo (3.4 vs 2.7 ms) isolates the UTF-8 validation cost.
CodeRabbit follow-up: Rust arm now slices directly (&text[i..i+3] panics on a split character, same as Ryo's slice panic) instead of the Option-returning get(), and the Swift arm validates both slice endpoints with (b & 0xC0) != 0x80 continuation-byte tests — UTF8View slicing alone does no boundary validation. Swift 6.2 -> 7.1 ms, Rust unchanged at 1.8 ms.
Rust: iterator filter over direct &str slicing (boundary-validating, panics on a split character). Swift: 3-Character Substring windows walked by String.Index — boundary correctness is structural in Swift, so the manual continuation-byte bit tests are gone; they were never idiomatic. Divergence documented in the README: Swift windows are Characters, Ryo/Rust windows are validated bytes (identical for this ASCII-only input). Re-measured 2026-09-17: Rust 1.8 / Ryo AOT 3.4 / Ryo JIT 4.9 / Swift 17.6 ms — Character iteration's grapheme machinery makes Swift the slowest string arm; Ryo AOT beats it 5x.
The 2026-09-17 arm conversion made every earlier table non-comparable (byte-scanning Rust/Swift arms), so the checkpoint tables are dropped — they remain in git history, and the byte workload lives on in byte_slicing. Kept: the current string-semantic table, the codegen knowledge (tiny-op inlining, remaining gap breakdown), and the growth-headroom peak-allocation tradeoff note.
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Three related ISSUES.md entries fixed as one coherent change set:
ryo_str_from_literal,__ryo_slice,ryo_str_eqwere opaque extern calls whose bodies are a handful of instructions; each use paid a full call Cranelift could neither inline nor hoist.u128, so unpacking cost a legalized ~9-instruction 128-bit shift sequence per use. Pair values were already two SSA values inside codegen; the i128 existed only at the extern-call return boundary — so inlining the callees eliminated it with no C signature change (the Windows struct-return caveat evaporates).declare_runtime_fnre-imported per use site (no name→FuncId cache); the JIT symbol list was hand-synced and registered deadryo_str_alloc/ryo_bytes_alloc.Changes
codegen/str_ops.rs): bounds check + UTF-8 char-boundary guards branch to the shared coldryo_panicblocks (same messages, exit-101 contract); null-when-empty pointer invariant preserved. Bytes slices skip the UTF-8 check as before.symbol_value+iconst, cap=0 sentinel) —pack_pairwas the entire*_from_literalbody.==/!=against a string literal ≤ 16 bytes emits a length check plus gated per-byte compares (loads stay behind the length check, never past the buffer); generalryo_str_eqstays extern as the fallback.emit_rv_pair_call/emit_rv_str_call/emit_rv_bytes_call/CapRule, the four dead runtime exports + their unit tests,enable_llvm_abi_extensionsand its guard tests.HashMap<&'static str, FuncId>onCodegenthreaded intoFunctionContext(same pattern asguard_msg_data); JIT symbol list is now a singleruntime_symbols()table.Verification
cargo test --workspace,RUSTFLAGS=-Dwarnings cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets,cargo fmt --check,check_file_length.sh— all green.-> i128signature survives anywhere; literals hoist as entry-blocksymbol_valueconstants; twoint_to_strcalls share one imported FuncId.benchmarks/string_slicing: AOT 5.1 → 3.4 ms, JIT 7.4 → 4.7 ms (3.35× → 2.14× vs Rust on the pre-fix baseline binary; 2.27× against today's Rust re-measure). The remaining gap is the spec-mandated UTF-8 boundary checks, §18 overflow guards (I-164/I-165), and Cranelift-vs-LLVM mid-end quality — README updated accordingly.Notes
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