perf(runtime): length = 0 on a plain dense array is decided from one header read (ECS round 4) - #8943
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…e header read Both `length =` entries resolved the receiver through clean_arr_ptr_mut (allocator ownership, forwarding, the Buffer / typed-array registries), coerced the new length, resolved the flags a second time and probed the named-property table before reaching the plain-shrink branch — for an object pool's `pooled.length = 0` that tower was the whole cost, five thousand times a frame. The header facts the pop fast path proves are enough: a GC_TYPE_ARRAY head that is not forwarded, none of the integrity / descriptor flags (a non-writable length is recorded under OBJ_FLAG_ARRAY_DESCRIPTORS, so neither entry has anything to throw), a dense length <= capacity, and no named properties. The work is the plain-shrink branch's, unchanged; anything else declines to the full entry. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
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ChangesArray zero-length truncation
Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The runtime change is localized and merge-ready after normal checks; only a minor changelog correction is needed to accurately state that the fast path performs one named-property check. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant Caller
participant ArrayLengthSetter
participant PlainArrayFastPath
participant ArrayStorage
Caller->>ArrayLengthSetter: set length to 0
ArrayLengthSetter->>PlainArrayFastPath: try direct truncation
PlainArrayFastPath->>ArrayStorage: read header once
PlainArrayFastPath->>ArrayStorage: clear elements and set length to 0
ArrayStorage-->>ArrayLengthSetter: return success
ArrayLengthSetter-->>Caller: complete length update
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In `@changelog.d/8943-length-zero-header-lane.md`:
- Line 1: Correct the changelog entry’s fast-path description to acknowledge
that try_truncate_plain_array_to_zero checks named properties via
array_has_named_properties_resolved(arr), rather than claiming there is no
named-property probe.
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| - **runtime:** `arr.length = 0` on a plain dense array (both the ordinary and the strict entry) is decided from one header read — no receiver resolution through the registries, no length coercion, no second flag resolution, no named-property probe — and then does exactly the plain-shrink branch's work; frozen/sealed/descriptor-carrying arrays, forwarded heads and arrays with named properties still take the full entry. | |||
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Correct the named-property claim.
Line 1 says the fast path has “no named-property probe.” try_truncate_plain_array_to_zero calls array_has_named_properties_resolved(arr) before it accepts the fast path. State that the path performs this check, or remove the claim.
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-- **runtime:** `arr.length = 0` on a plain dense array (both the ordinary and the strict entry) is decided from one header read — no receiver resolution through the registries, no length coercion, no second flag resolution, no named-property probe — and then does exactly the plain-shrink branch's work; frozen/sealed/descriptor-carrying arrays, forwarded heads and arrays with named properties still take the full entry.
+- **runtime:** `arr.length = 0` on a plain dense array (both the ordinary and the strict entry) uses a header-based fast path with one named-property check, then does the plain-shrink branch's work; frozen/sealed/descriptor-carrying arrays, forwarded heads, and arrays with named properties still take the full entry.📝 Committable suggestion
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| - **runtime:** `arr.length = 0` on a plain dense array (both the ordinary and the strict entry) is decided from one header read — no receiver resolution through the registries, no length coercion, no second flag resolution, no named-property probe — and then does exactly the plain-shrink branch's work; frozen/sealed/descriptor-carrying arrays, forwarded heads and arrays with named properties still take the full entry. | |
| - **runtime:** `arr.length = 0` on a plain dense array (both the ordinary and the strict entry) uses a header-based fast path with one named-property check, then does the plain-shrink branch's work; frozen/sealed/descriptor-carrying arrays, forwarded heads, and arrays with named properties still take the full entry. |
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In `@changelog.d/8943-length-zero-header-lane.md` at line 1, Correct the changelog
entry’s fast-path description to acknowledge that
try_truncate_plain_array_to_zero checks named properties via
array_has_named_properties_resolved(arr), rather than claiming there is no
named-property probe.
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One runtime mechanism from the ECS round-4 chain, cut from current main (
924dd1634, after #8933/#8934/#8935). Suites on the isolated perrymaster gate: array (413, serial) + runtime (2749). Paired measurement on thecodehz/ecs"5k entities: 3 commands each + sync" row (idle Mac mini, alternating pairs) follows in a comment.length = 0on a plain dense array is decided from one header read. Bothlength =entries (js_array_set_length,js_array_set_length_strict) resolved the receiver throughclean_arr_ptr_mut(allocator ownership, forwarding, the Buffer / typed-array registries), coerced the new length, resolved the flags a second time (array_object_flagson the strict entry, thenresolved_plain_array_flagsagain inside) and probed the named-property table before reaching the plain-shrink branch — for an object pool'spooled.length = 0that tower was the whole cost (js_array_set_length+_strict≈ 1.8% of the frame after perf(runtime): lean Map/Set lookup lanes; empty-array pop fast path; single-pass length-0 re-arm (ECS round 4, +5.6%) #8934's single-pass re-arm), five thousand times a frame. The header facts the pop fast path already proves are enough: aGC_TYPE_ARRAYhead that is not forwarded, none of the integrity / descriptor flags (a non-writablelengthis recorded underOBJ_FLAG_ARRAY_DESCRIPTORS, so neither entry has anything to throw), a denselength <= capacity, and no named properties (latch-gated). The work is the plain-shrink branch's, unchanged: holes over the retired prefix, the length, one layout rebuild. Anything else declines to the full entry.length_zero_takes_the_header_lane_on_a_plain_array_and_declines_otherwisepins both entries on a plain array (holes read back asundefinedafter a later extension, the array stays usable), the empty no-op, and the named-property decline.https://claude.ai/code/session_01FUvFrRNZyc5qknBiJbYbby
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