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feat: enhance AppendInt to utilize cache for small negative integers#168

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fixes #167 (comment)

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  • Performance

    • Improved integer formatting for small negative values (-1 to -99) using a cached fast path, reducing work for common cases.
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    • Added a unit test covering small-negative caching and the -100 boundary.
    • Expanded benchmarks to run multiple input cases for more representative performance comparisons.

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This pull request introduces a targeted performance enhancement to the AppendInt utility function by implementing a caching mechanism for small negative integers. The primary goal is to optimize the conversion of negative numbers between -1 and -99 to byte slices, which are frequently encountered. This change is supported by expanded test coverage to validate the new logic and refined benchmarks to accurately measure the performance improvements.

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  • Performance Optimization for Negative Integers: The AppendInt function now utilizes a pre-computed cache (smallNegInts) for negative integers ranging from -1 to -99, significantly improving performance for these commonly used values.
  • Enhanced Test Coverage: New dedicated test cases have been added to specifically verify the correctness and boundary conditions of the small negative integer caching mechanism, ensuring its reliability.
  • Improved Benchmarking: The AppendInt benchmarks have been refactored to include specific test scenarios for both cached small negative integers and larger negative integers, allowing for more granular and precise performance analysis.
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This pull request enhances the AppendInt function to use a cache for small negative integers (-1 to -99), which is a nice performance optimization. The implementation is correct, and the change is well-supported by new unit tests and benchmarks. My review includes one suggestion to refactor the new test function using subtests (t.Run) to improve its structure, readability, and failure reporting.

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Pull request overview

This PR enhances the AppendInt function to utilize a pre-computed cache for small negative integers (-1 to -99), improving performance for this common range. The implementation mirrors the existing optimization pattern used in other formatting functions.

Key Changes:

  • Added cache lookup for negative integers in range -1 to -99 in AppendInt
  • Extended test coverage with dedicated boundary and cache validation tests
  • Enhanced benchmarks to measure performance impact of the cache optimization

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File Description
format.go Added cache lookup path for small negative integers (n > -100) using the existing smallNegInts array, and clarified nolint comment for bounds safety
format_test.go Added comprehensive test for cache boundary validation (-1 to -99, plus -100), updated existing tests with boundary values, and enhanced benchmarks to compare cached vs non-cached negative integer performance

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Walkthrough

Adds a fast-path in AppendInt to return precomputed bytes for small negative integers (-1..-99) and extends tests and benchmarks to validate and measure this behavior, including a boundary check for -100.

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Small negative integer caching optimization
format.go
Added early return in AppendInt for negative values with n > -100, using a precomputed smallNegInts cache for -1..-99. Kept existing handling for other values. Added // nolint:gosec comment on the '-' use in the buffered path.
Test coverage and benchmarking
format_test.go
Added Test_AppendInt_SmallNegativeCache to verify cache hits for -1..-99 and that -100 does not use the cache. Expanded Test_AppendInt data to include 100 and -100. Converted Benchmark_AppendInt to table-driven sub-benchmarks covering multiple input cases and comparing fiber vs strconv implementations.

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  • Review attention: format.go early-return correctness and nolint:gosec justification.
  • Tests: verify boundary case (-100) and benchmark correctness for sub-benchmarks.

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Cached the negatives, now performance is sweet.
From minus one down to minus ninety-nine,
I sped up AppendInt — a tiny design.
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@ReneWerner87 ReneWerner87 merged commit f1fb607 into master Dec 6, 2025
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