⚡ Optimize IPtalkManager string concatenation#3
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Replaced repeated string concatenation with array-based buffering to improve performance from O(N^2) to amortized O(1) for appends. Verified logic preservation manually. Performance verification was not executed due to environment limitations. Co-authored-by: SilentMalachite <84108752+SilentMalachite@users.noreply.github.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR optimizes how IPtalkManager accumulates received text to avoid quadratic-time string concatenation, while preserving the observable interface used by the UI.
Changes:
- Replaced the mutable
receivedText: Stringstored property with a privatereceivedTextSegments: [String]plus a computedreceivedTextthat joins the segments. - Updated
processReceivedData(_:)to append incoming text and optional newlines toreceivedTextSegmentsinstead of concatenating onto a singleString. - Updated
clearReceivedText()to clearreceivedTextSegments, keeping the external API (receivedTextandclearReceivedText()) behaviorally consistent.
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| private var receivedTextSegments: [String] = [] | ||
| var receivedText: String { | ||
| receivedTextSegments.joined() |
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The new computed receivedText now joins the entire receivedTextSegments array on every access, which turns each read into an O(N) operation and can cause extra allocations, especially since SwiftUI accesses this property multiple times per render (for Text, isEmpty checks, and button state). To preserve the append-time optimization without introducing a potential read-time bottleneck, consider caching the joined string and invalidating/rebuilding it only when receivedTextSegments changes (e.g., track a dirty flag or similar).
| private var receivedTextSegments: [String] = [] | |
| var receivedText: String { | |
| receivedTextSegments.joined() | |
| private var receivedTextSegments: [String] = [] { | |
| didSet { | |
| receivedTextCache = receivedTextSegments.joined() | |
| } | |
| } | |
| private var receivedTextCache: String = "" | |
| var receivedText: String { | |
| receivedTextCache |
💡 What: Replaced the
receivedTextstoredStringproperty with areceivedTextSegmentsarray of strings, exposingreceivedTextas a computed property that joins the segments.🎯 Why: The previous implementation used$O(N^2)$ performance degradation as the text grows (due to repeated copying). Using an array of strings reduces the append complexity to amortized $O(1)$ .
+=for string concatenation inprocessReceivedData, which can lead to📊 Measured Improvement:
PerformanceTests.swift) was designed but could not be executed due to the Linux environment lacking macOS frameworks (Network,XCTest).receivedTextis now read-only, which matches its usage pattern (only written internally viaprocessReceivedDataandclearReceivedText).PR created automatically by Jules for task 28176032284257407 started by @SilentMalachite