Summary:
A vector that leverages pre-allocated stack-based array to achieve better
performance for array with small amount of items.
Test Plan:
Added tests for both correctness and performance
Here is the performance benchmark between vector and autovector
Please note that in the test "Creation and Insertion Test", the test case were designed with the motivation described below:
* no element inserted: internal array of std::vector may not really get
initialize.
* one element inserted: internal array of std::vector must have
initialized.
* kSize elements inserted. This shows the most time we'll spend if we
keep everything in stack.
* 2 * kSize elements inserted. The internal vector of
autovector must have been initialized.
Note: kSize is the capacity of autovector
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Creation and Insertion Test
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created 100000 vectors:
each was inserted with 0 elements
total time elapsed: 128000 (ns)
created 100000 autovectors:
each was inserted with 0 elements
total time elapsed: 3641000 (ns)
created 100000 VectorWithReserveSizes:
each was inserted with 0 elements
total time elapsed: 9896000 (ns)
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created 100000 vectors:
each was inserted with 1 elements
total time elapsed: 11089000 (ns)
created 100000 autovectors:
each was inserted with 1 elements
total time elapsed: 5008000 (ns)
created 100000 VectorWithReserveSizes:
each was inserted with 1 elements
total time elapsed: 24271000 (ns)
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created 100000 vectors:
each was inserted with 4 elements
total time elapsed: 39369000 (ns)
created 100000 autovectors:
each was inserted with 4 elements
total time elapsed: 10121000 (ns)
created 100000 VectorWithReserveSizes:
each was inserted with 4 elements
total time elapsed: 28473000 (ns)
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created 100000 vectors:
each was inserted with 8 elements
total time elapsed: 75013000 (ns)
created 100000 autovectors:
each was inserted with 8 elements
total time elapsed: 18237000 (ns)
created 100000 VectorWithReserveSizes:
each was inserted with 8 elements
total time elapsed: 42464000 (ns)
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created 100000 vectors:
each was inserted with 16 elements
total time elapsed: 102319000 (ns)
created 100000 autovectors:
each was inserted with 16 elements
total time elapsed: 76724000 (ns)
created 100000 VectorWithReserveSizes:
each was inserted with 16 elements
total time elapsed: 68285000 (ns)
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Sequence Access Test
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performed 100000 sequence access against vector
size: 4
total time elapsed: 198000 (ns)
performed 100000 sequence access against autovector
size: 4
total time elapsed: 306000 (ns)
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performed 100000 sequence access against vector
size: 8
total time elapsed: 565000 (ns)
performed 100000 sequence access against autovector
size: 8
total time elapsed: 512000 (ns)
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performed 100000 sequence access against vector
size: 16
total time elapsed: 1076000 (ns)
performed 100000 sequence access against autovector
size: 16
total time elapsed: 1070000 (ns)
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Reviewers: dhruba, haobo, sdong, chip
Reviewed By: dhruba
CC: leveldb
Differential Revision: https://reviews.facebook.net/D14655
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