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Summary

  • remove shadow-slot bindings only for source-declared Number/Int32 locals that the specialization-aware whole-write analysis independently proves Number-by-construction
  • keep Any and Unknown bindings conservative even when inferred local types or arithmetic facts look numeric
  • preserve generic fallback roots when guarded input facts are unavailable
  • add IR, direct allowlist, and end-to-end regressions for opaque locals and exact-once evaluation of side-effecting Any receivers

Rooting correctness

The optimization uses two independent requirements: a declaration allowlist (Number/Int32) and the annotation-agnostic whole-write Number proof. Inferred local_types are deliberately excluded from the allowlist because they can refine an Any declaration. A direct set-intersection unit test pins that a local satisfying only one requirement retains its slot. Boxed/captured locals and module globals remain excluded by the existing proof, and generic fallback bodies retain conservative slots.

The frame keeps its original upper-bound size; filtering only prevents bindings, root stores, clears, and barriers for admitted locals, so surviving preassigned indices remain valid.

Performance

The measured branch reduced typed_array from 56.669 B to 56.013 B retired instructions (-1.16%), with all 20 corpus outputs byte-exact and checksum -821955270. The safety repair narrows the candidate set to declared numeric bindings; it keeps the benchmark target (let n: number) eligible while opaque locals remain rooted.

Validation

  • cargo test --release -p perry-codegen --lib: 1123 passed
  • targeted argless_builtin_extra_args: 4/4 passed; refreshed CI also confirms the previous exact-once receiver failure is gone
  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • git diff --check
  • previous-head CI failures outside this diff remain present on current main: the file-size/raw-handle lint gates plus pre-existing native_proof_regressions and temp_root_operand_temporaries integration assertions

No version bump.

Closes #8496.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Performance
    • Improved runtime efficiency for functions that use numeric local variables, reducing unnecessary memory and cleanup work.
    • Preserved conservative handling when numeric behavior cannot be proven, maintaining existing correctness and compatibility.
  • Quality
    • Added coverage to verify optimized numeric code paths and ensure safe fallback behavior.
  • Documentation
    • Added benchmark results and output comparisons documenting the performance improvement.

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The compiler now removes shadow-root slots for function-local bindings proven to contain only non-pointer Number values. Tests verify that specialized typed-array clones drop these roots while generic bodies retain conservative roots. Benchmark results and proof constraints are documented.

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Numeric local root elimination

Layer / File(s) Summary
Filter proven numeric shadow slots
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/function.rs
The compiler retains the shadow-slot map through native fact analysis, removes proven number-by-construction locals, and computes clear points from the filtered map while preserving frame capacity and slot indices.
Validate generated root slots
crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/ordinary_param_guard_tests.rs, changelog.d/8540-number-local-root-slots.md
The regression test compares root counts in specialized and generic generated functions. The changelog documents proof constraints and benchmark measurements.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to a9bff

The change narrowly removes roots for proven number-only locals while retaining conservative handling for opaque and captured values; no actionable merge-blocking risk remains after normal checks and review.

Suggested reviewers: thehypnoo

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Docstring Coverage ⚠️ Warning Docstring coverage is 54.55% which is insufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 11 functions across 4 files. (1 skipped: 1 unsupported.) Write docstrings for the functions missing them to satisfy the coverage threshold.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly and concisely describes the main code-generation optimization.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the change, safety constraints, linked issue, validation, performance results, and versioning status.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed The PR targets typed_array overhead, preserves byte-exact output, and reports performance gains with regressions for issue [#8496].
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The code, tests, changelog, and benchmark results are directly related to the linked performance objective.
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In `@crates/perry-codegen/src/codegen/function.rs`:
- Around line 873-893: Move numeric-binding collection and native
number-by-construction filtering ahead of parameter binding emission in the
function codegen flow, so elided parameter slots are excluded before
js_shadow_slot_bind is generated. Preserve entry-block bindings for all
non-elided parameters before any collecting instruction, and add an IR
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perf: typed_array is 5.25x Node (8.66x instructions) — the corpus's worst row, and it was untracked until now

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