Avoid duplicate toCode calls in multiple Char.is... functions #1146
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This reduces the number of calls to
toCode char
. For instance, in the isAlphaNum function, the char argument would be converted to a char up to 3 times (once in isLower, isUpper and isDigit).This makes it so that the conversion is done at most once, improving performance of the functions.
@lue-bird discovered this as an optimization for parsers (as part of stil4m/elm-syntax#237), where the
Char.isAlphaNum
function is used to identify variables.Functions like
isUpper
now make a function call to delegate to their dedicated helper. I don't know if it matters much (I assume a JIT compiler will optimize this) and we could duplicate the comparison logic in bothisUpper
andisUpperCode
to avoid that, but I figured reducing duplication and therefore potential errors to be a reasonable default. I'mm happy to change this.