The intent of the previous concatenation was to minimize object
allocations, which can end up being a slow killer. However, it turns
out that under MRI 2.4.x, the shove-strings-in-an-array-and-join method
is not only arguably more common but (in this particular case) actually
allocates *fewer* objects than the string concatenation.
Or, at least, that's what I gather by running this:
words = %w(palmettoes nudged hibernation bullish stockade's tightened Hades
Dixie's formalize superego's commissaries Zappa's viceroy's apothecaries
tablespoonful's barons Chennai tollgate ticked expands)
a = Account.first
KeywordMute.transaction do
words.each { |w| KeywordMute.create!(keyword: w, account: a) }
GC.start
s1 = GC.stat
re = String.new.tap do |str|
scoped = KeywordMute.where(account: a)
keywords = scoped.select(:id, :keyword)
count = scoped.count
keywords.find_each.with_index do |kw, index|
str << Regexp.escape(kw.keyword.strip)
str << '|' if index < count - 1
end
end
s2 = GC.stat
puts s1.inspect, s2.inspect
raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
end
vs this:
words = %w( palmettoes nudged hibernation bullish stockade's tightened Hades Dixie's
formalize superego's commissaries Zappa's viceroy's apothecaries tablespoonful's
barons Chennai tollgate ticked expands
)
a = Account.first
KeywordMute.transaction do
words.each { |w| KeywordMute.create!(keyword: w, account: a) }
GC.start
s1 = GC.stat
re = [].tap do |arr|
KeywordMute.where(account: a).select(:keyword, :id).find_each do |m|
arr << Regexp.escape(m.keyword.strip)
end
end.join('|')
s2 = GC.stat
puts s1.inspect, s2.inspect
raise ActiveRecord::Rollback
end
Using rails r, here is a comparison of the total_allocated_objects and
malloc_increase_bytes GC stat data:
total_allocated_objects malloc_increase_bytes
string concat 3200241 -> 3201428 (+1187) 1176 -> 45216 (44040)
array join 3200380 -> 3201299 (+919) 1176 -> 36448 (35272)
It would also have been valid to get rid of the attr_reader, but I like
being able to reach inside KeywordMute::Matcher without resorting to
instance_variable_get tomfoolery.
A matcher object that builds a match from KeywordMute data and runs it
over text is, in my view, one of the easier ways to write examples for
this sort of thing.
Gist of the proposed keyword mute implementation:
Keyword mutes are represented server-side as one keyword per record.
For each account, there exists a keyword regex that is generated as one
big alternation of all keywords. This regex is cached (in Redis, I
guess) so we can quickly get it when filtering in FeedManager.
David Yip