On Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:26:48 GMT, Peter Levart <plev...@openjdk.org> wrote:

>> While JDK-8148937 improved StringJoiner class by replacing internal use of 
>> getChars that copies out characters from String elements into a char[] array 
>> with StringBuilder which is somehow more optimal, the improvement was 
>> marginal in speed (0% ... 10%) and mainly for smaller strings, while GC was 
>> reduced by about 50% in average per operation.
>> Initial attempt to tackle that issue was more involved, but was later 
>> discarded because it was apparently using too much internal String details 
>> in code that lives outside String and outside java.lang package.
>> But there is another way to package such "intimate" code - we can put it 
>> into String itself and just call it from StringJoiner.
>> This PR is an attempt at doing just that. It introduces new package-private 
>> method in `java.lang.String` which is then used from both pubic static 
>> `String.join` methods as well as from `java.util.StringJoiner` (via 
>> SharedSecrets). The improvements can be seen by running the following JMH 
>> benchmark:
>> 
>> https://gist.github.com/plevart/86ac7fc6d4541dbc08256cde544019ce
>> 
>> The comparative results are here:
>> 
>> https://jmh.morethan.io/?gist=7eb421cf7982456a2962269137f71c15
>> 
>> The jmh-result.json files are here:
>> 
>> https://gist.github.com/plevart/7eb421cf7982456a2962269137f71c15
>> 
>> Improvement in speed ranges from 8% (for small strings) to 200% (for long 
>> strings), while creation of garbage has been further reduced to an almost 
>> garbage-free operation.
>> 
>> So WDYT?
>
> Peter Levart has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional 
> commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Add String.join benchmark method to StringJoinerBenchmark and adjust some 
> parameters to cover bigger range

Look very good.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java line 3254:

> 3252: 
> 3253:         byte[] value = StringConcatHelper.newArray(((long) icoder << 
> 32) | llen);
> 3254:         int off = 0;

StringConcatHelper.newArray() can double the length (based on the coder) and it 
is then truncated to 32 bits when passed to UNSAFE.allocatlUnitializedArray.
The test of length above only ensures llen can be truncated to 32 bits without 
loss of data.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/lang/String.java line 3256:

> 3254:         int off = 0;
> 3255:         prefix.getBytes(value, off, coder); off += prefix.length();
> 3256:         for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {

Can you save a branch inside the loop by handling element 0 outside the loop and
then do the loop for the rest?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3501

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