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Summary

Routes strict, statically proven Array length writes through the existing ArraySetLength lowering and bulk-truncates ordinary dense arrays without a descriptor/name-map deletion walk per element.

Changes

  • preserve static Array information for same-receiver strict PutValueSet length writes
  • retain generic lowering for sloppy writes and explicit-receiver cases
  • add a guarded dense truncation path only when indexed descriptors and side-table properties are absent
  • clear discarded slots to holes and rebuild the live-prefix GC layout once
  • add positive, negative, and stale-index regression coverage

Related issue

n/a

Test plan

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check

  • python3 scripts/gc_store_site_inventory.py --self-test

  • python3 scripts/gc_store_site_inventory.py

  • cargo test -p perry-codegen --lib -- --test-threads=1

  • cargo test -p perry-runtime --lib -- --test-threads=1 (2,699 passed, 4 ignored)

  • Apple-silicon Mac mini, 11 alternating exact-parent/candidate pairs on codehz/ecs command-buffer workload: 31.541 ms to 28.354 ms median, 10.030% median paired improvement, 11/11 wins, 22/22 semantic oracles

  • same-host Node 26.5.1/Perry cohort: 2.896 ms / 28.342 ms medians

  • cargo build --release clean

  • cargo test --workspace --exclude perry-ui-ios --exclude perry-ui-tvos --exclude perry-ui-watchos --exclude perry-ui-gtk4 --exclude perry-ui-android --exclude perry-ui-windows passes

  • Added or updated tests in the affected crates

  • Documentation update is not required; no CLI or public runtime API changes

  • No platform UI backend touched

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Retained command-buffer LLVM changes three generic property-PIC misses into three direct js_array_set_length_strict calls. A codegen-only screen stayed below the 2% admission floor; the submitted compiler/runtime mechanism is the independently qualified 10.03% candidate.

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  • I have NOT bumped the workspace version or edited CLAUDE.md / CHANGELOG.md
  • My commits follow the repository commit-prefix convention
  • I have read CONTRIBUTING.md and agree to the Code of Conduct

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance Improvements

    • Improved performance when reducing the length of dense arrays.
    • Array truncation now more efficiently clears removed elements while preserving correct behavior in complex cases.
  • Bug Fixes

    • Fixed stale array values and indexed properties reappearing after an array is truncated and expanded again.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for optimized length assignments and verified correct handling across supported array scenarios.

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Array length truncation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Strict Array length fast path
crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/proxy_reflect.rs, crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/call_return_array_index_tests.rs
Strict same-receiver writes to statically known Array length properties now use ArraySetLength. Tests verify single receiver evaluation and generic fallback for distinct receivers.
Dense array truncation
crates/perry-runtime/src/array/header.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/array/mod.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/array/push_pop.rs, crates/perry-runtime/src/array/tests.rs, changelog.d/8849-array-length-truncation.md
Eligible dense arrays bulk-clear truncated slots, update length, and rebuild layout metadata. Arrays with descriptors or named properties retain per-index deletion handling. Regression coverage verifies stale values are removed.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 0c568

The optimization can cause strict-mode assignments to a non-writable Array length to succeed silently instead of throwing, changing observable JavaScript behavior. The PR should not merge until rejected length writes preserve strict-mode errors and are covered by a regression test.

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ArrayLengthWrite
  participant PropertySet
  participant js_array_set_length
  participant ArrayStorage
  ArrayLengthWrite->>PropertySet: lower strict same-receiver length write
  PropertySet->>js_array_set_length: set new array length
  js_array_set_length->>ArrayStorage: clear truncated dense suffix
  ArrayStorage-->>js_array_set_length: rebuild layout metadata
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/proxy_reflect.rs`:
- Around line 352-368: Update the strict Array length fast path guarded by
same_put_value_receiver_expr and is_array_expr so non-writable length
descriptors remain on the generic PutValue path, or ensure the
PropertySet::lower route throws for every rejected strict write rather than only
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Comment on lines +352 to +368
// Source-level `arr.length = value` lowers to `PutValueSet`, while the
// Array-exotic length implementation lives in `PropertySet::lower`.
// Preserve that statically proven receiver contract here just as
// `put_value_index_fast_path` below does for Array index writes. The two
// receiver trees represent the one source evaluation, so use the shared
// structural identity check and let `PropertySet::lower` evaluate it once.
//
// Only strict writes may take this route: the existing Array length arm
// calls `js_array_set_length_strict`, whereas a rejected sloppy PutValue
// must remain a silent no-op through the generic strict-aware runtime.
if strict
&& property == "length"
&& same_put_value_receiver_expr(target, receiver)
&& is_array_expr(ctx, target)
{
return Some(property.clone());
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve strict rejection behavior for non-writable length.

Line 363 now routes this write through PropertySet::lower. That path uses js_array_set_length_strict, but that helper only throws for frozen arrays. js_array_set_length silently returns when the length descriptor is non-writable.

Therefore, "use strict"; Object.defineProperty(a, "length", { writable: false }); a.length = 1 does not throw after this routing. Keep rejected descriptor cases on the generic PutValue path, or make the strict Array-length helper throw for every rejected write. Add a regression test for this case.

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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/expr/proxy_reflect.rs` around lines 352 - 368,
Update the strict Array length fast path guarded by same_put_value_receiver_expr
and is_array_expr so non-writable length descriptors remain on the generic
PutValue path, or ensure the PropertySet::lower route throws for every rejected
strict write rather than only frozen arrays. Add a regression test covering
strict assignment to an array whose length is defined as non-writable.

proggeramlug added a commit that referenced this pull request Aug 26, 2026
* perf: cache owning Uint32Array admissions

* perf: fast-path Array subclass length misses

* perf(codegen): route proven Array length writes

* perf(runtime): bulk-truncate ordinary dense arrays

* chore: add array truncation changelog

* runtime: add Node-API host core

* docs: add Node-API host changelog fragment

* runtime: harden Node-API host contracts

* runtime: bound Node-API UTF-16 encoding

* codegen(calls): pad under-applied same-module direct calls with undefined (#8770)

A same-module direct call with fewer arguments than the callee's declared
parameter count lowered only the provided args, leaving the remaining FP
argument registers holding caller-saved garbage — which the callee then
read as JS values. The cross-module twin (extern_func.rs, the issue #608
arm) has always padded missing trailing args with TAG_UNDEFINED; the
same-module plain arm sat "one else away" (#7154's own words) unpadded.

On the Claude Code bundle — one giant module, so EVERY direct call
resolves through the same-module arm — `aP([q])` for
`function aP(q, K = !1, _)` handed K/_ whatever d1/d2 held after
js_array_from_values: impossible-NaN bit patterns (0xffffffffffffffff)
that flowed into truthiness tests and method receivers (`_.get(A)`) and
faulted in shape_is_url_search_params / js_is_truthy (~60% of `cc -p`
runs SEGV), or silently corrupted the async iteration ("Detected
unsettled top-level await", most of the rest).

With the padding, `cc -p` runs 30/30 clean: 0 SEGV, 0 hangs, 0 unsettled
awaits, node-identical output on every run. The GC-knob correlations the
long #8770 investigation chased (scavenge pacing, conservative-scan
"fixes") were register-content side effects of the missing padding, not
collector bugs.

Regression test: an under-applied direct call to a 3-param callee must
emit all three double args, the omitted two as the TAG_UNDEFINED literal.

Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Ay8VyLkKbm8Hkc1xmvTEsP

* fix(async_hooks): complete node suite parity

* chore: batch-landing fixes (node-api scoped ptrs, header/ic_miss splits, fmt)

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Co-authored-by: Ralph Küpper <ralph@skelpo.com>
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Landed on main via the #8857 batch.

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