internal/ops: use uint32 for pc, version, macroID

4GB of render data should be sufficient for anyone.

By replacing an int with uint32, it allows for a smaller memory
footprint and faster caching. Example impact on rendering static
labels.

                                     │  before.txt  │             after.txt              │
                                     │    sec/op    │   sec/op     vs base               │
LabelStatic/1000runes-RTL-arabic-32     98.08µ ± 3%   88.17µ ± 1%  -10.10% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-RTL-complex-32    103.9µ ± 2%   101.9µ ± 1%   -1.84% (p=0.009 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-RTL-emoji-32      113.3µ ± 2%   100.7µ ± 3%  -11.11% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-RTL-latin-32     100.01µ ± 1%   92.31µ ± 1%   -7.69% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-LTR-arabic-32     97.90µ ± 2%   87.92µ ± 2%  -10.19% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-LTR-complex-32   102.63µ ± 2%   99.81µ ± 1%   -2.75% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-LTR-emoji-32     106.56µ ± 2%   98.47µ ± 1%   -7.59% (p=0.002 n=6)
LabelStatic/1000runes-LTR-latin-32      97.51µ ± 1%   92.60µ ± 3%   -5.03% (p=0.002 n=6)
geomean                                 102.4µ        95.09µ        -7.10%

Signed-off-by: Egon Elbre <egonelbre@gmail.com>

internal/ops/ops.go

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 type Ops struct {
 	// version is incremented at each Reset.
-	version int
+	version uint32
 	// data contains the serialized operations.
 	data []byte
 	// refs hold external references for operations.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type Ops struct {
 	stringRefs []string
 	// nextStateID is the id allocated for the next
 	// StateOp.
-	nextStateID int
+	nextStateID uint32
 	// multipOp indicates a multi-op such as clip.Path is being added.
 	multipOp bool
 
@@ -91,23 +91,23 @@ const (
 )
 
 type StackID struct {
-	id   int
-	prev int
+	id   uint32
+	prev uint32
 }
 
 // StateOp represents a saved operation snapshot to be restored
 // later.
 type StateOp struct {
-	id      int
-	macroID int
+	id      uint32
+	macroID uint32
 	ops     *Ops
 }
 
 // stack tracks the integer identities of stack operations to ensure correct
 // pairing of their push and pop methods.
 type stack struct {
-	currentID int
-	nextID    int
+	currentID uint32
+	nextID    uint32
 }
 
 type StackKind uint8
@@ -266,11 +266,11 @@ func AddCall(o *Ops, callOps *Ops, pc PC, end PC) {
 	bo.PutUint32(data[13:], uint32(end.refs))
 }
 
-func PushOp(o *Ops, kind StackKind) (StackID, int) {
+func PushOp(o *Ops, kind StackKind) (StackID, uint32) {
 	return o.stacks[kind].push(), o.macroStack.currentID
 }
 
-func PopOp(o *Ops, kind StackKind, sid StackID, macroID int) {
+func PopOp(o *Ops, kind StackKind, sid StackID, macroID uint32) {
 	if o.macroStack.currentID != macroID {
 		panic("stack push and pop must not cross macro boundary")
 	}
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ func Write3(o *Ops, n int, ref1, ref2, ref3 interface{}) []byte {
 }
 
 func PCFor(o *Ops) PC {
-	return PC{data: len(o.data), refs: len(o.refs)}
+	return PC{data: uint32(len(o.data)), refs: uint32(len(o.refs))}
 }
 
 func (s *stack) push() StackID {
@@ -460,17 +460,17 @@ var opProps = [0x100]opProp{
 	TypeActionInput:      {Size: TypeActionInputLen, NumRefs: 0},
 }
 
-func (t OpType) props() (size, numRefs int) {
+func (t OpType) props() (size, numRefs uint32) {
 	v := opProps[t]
-	return int(v.Size), int(v.NumRefs)
+	return uint32(v.Size), uint32(v.NumRefs)
 }
 
-func (t OpType) Size() int {
-	return int(opProps[t].Size)
+func (t OpType) Size() uint32 {
+	return uint32(opProps[t].Size)
 }
 
-func (t OpType) NumRefs() int {
-	return int(opProps[t].NumRefs)
+func (t OpType) NumRefs() uint32 {
+	return uint32(opProps[t].NumRefs)
 }
 
 func (t OpType) String() string {

internal/ops/reader.go

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ type EncodedOp struct {
 // Key is a unique key for a given op.
 type Key struct {
 	ops     *Ops
-	pc      int
-	version int
+	pc      uint32
+	version uint32
 }
 
 // Shadow of op.MacroOp.
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ type macroOp struct {
 
 // PC is an instruction counter for an operation list.
 type PC struct {
-	data int
-	refs int
+	data uint32
+	refs uint32
 }
 
 type macro struct {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (r *Reader) Decode() (EncodedOp, bool) {
 				if nrefs != 1 {
 					panic("internal error: unexpected number of macro refs")
 				}
-				deferData := Write1(&r.deferOps, n, refs[0])
+				deferData := Write1(&r.deferOps, int(n), refs[0])
 				copy(deferData, data)
 				r.pc.data += n
 				r.pc.refs += nrefs
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ func (r *Reader) Decode() (EncodedOp, bool) {
 				r.pc = op.endpc
 			} else {
 				// Treat an incomplete macro as containing all remaining ops.
-				r.pc.data = len(r.ops.data)
-				r.pc.refs = len(r.ops.refs)
+				r.pc.data = uint32(len(r.ops.data))
+				r.pc.refs = uint32(len(r.ops.refs))
 			}
 			continue
 		}
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ func (op *opMacroDef) decode(data []byte) {
 	}
 	bo := binary.LittleEndian
 	data = data[:TypeMacroLen]
-	op.endpc.data = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[1:])))
-	op.endpc.refs = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[5:])))
+	op.endpc.data = bo.Uint32(data[1:])
+	op.endpc.refs = bo.Uint32(data[5:])
 }
 
 func (m *macroOp) decode(data []byte, refs []interface{}) {
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ func (m *macroOp) decode(data []byte, refs []interface{}) {
 	data = data[:TypeCallLen]
 
 	m.ops = refs[0].(*Ops)
-	m.start.data = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[1:])))
-	m.start.refs = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[5:])))
-	m.end.data = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[9:])))
-	m.end.refs = int(int32(bo.Uint32(data[13:])))
+	m.start.data = bo.Uint32(data[1:])
+	m.start.refs = bo.Uint32(data[5:])
+	m.end.data = bo.Uint32(data[9:])
+	m.end.refs = bo.Uint32(data[13:])
 }

io/pointer/pointer.go

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ type PassOp struct {
 type PassStack struct {
 	ops     *ops.Ops
 	id      ops.StackID
-	macroID int
+	macroID uint32
 }
 
 // InputOp declares an input handler ready for pointer

op/clip/clip.go

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ type Op struct {
 type Stack struct {
 	ops     *ops.Ops
 	id      ops.StackID
-	macroID int
+	macroID uint32
 }
 
 var pathSeed maphash.Seed

op/op.go

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ type TransformOp struct {
 // TransformStack represents a TransformOp pushed on the transformation stack.
 type TransformStack struct {
 	id      ops.StackID
-	macroID int
+	macroID uint32
 	ops     *ops.Ops
 }
 

op/paint/paint.go

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ type PaintOp struct {
 // until Pop is called.
 type OpacityStack struct {
 	id      ops.StackID
-	macroID int
+	macroID uint32
 	ops     *ops.Ops
 }