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authorschneems <richard.schneeman@gmail.com>2014-10-01 18:09:37 -0500
committerschneems <richard.schneeman@gmail.com>2014-10-02 07:42:20 -0500
commitdc53a8c26dc55d21240233b3d83d36efdef6e924 (patch)
tree991037ede0df148b5aef7137f321591401f98d53 /lib/rack/cascade.rb
parenta71be3c914c10d1089238f4e21b029b885be4029 (diff)
downloadrack-dc53a8c26dc55d21240233b3d83d36efdef6e924.tar.gz
Less allocated objects on each request
How many? Using `memory_profiler` and a Rails app (codetriage.com), master uses:

```
rack/lib x 7318
```

After this patch, the app uses:

```
rack/lib x 4598
```

Or `(7318 - 4598) / 7318.0 * 100 # => 37.16` % fewer objects __PER REQUEST__.

To do this, I extracted really commonly used strings into top level Rack constants. It makes for a bit of a big diff, but I believe the changes are worth it. 

Running benchmark/ips against the same app, I'm seeing a performance host of `2~4%` across the entire app response. This doesn't just make Rack faster, it will make your app faster.

While we could certainly go overboard and pre-define ALL strings as constants, that would be pretty gnarly to work with. This patch goes after the largest of the low hanging fruit.
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diff --git a/lib/rack/cascade.rb b/lib/rack/cascade.rb
index c2891e5f..6b8f415a 100644
--- a/lib/rack/cascade.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/cascade.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Rack
   # status codes).
 
   class Cascade
-    NotFound = [404, {"Content-Type" => "text/plain"}, []]
+    NotFound = [404, {CONTENT_TYPE => "text/plain"}, []]
 
     attr_reader :apps