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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions changelog.d/8460-array-join-capacity.md
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### Performance

- Preallocate `Array.prototype.join`'s exact separator-byte floor instead of
growing its Rust assembly buffer from zero capacity. Element coercion remains
single-pass, so user `toString` side effects are not duplicated.
9 changes: 7 additions & 2 deletions crates/perry-runtime/src/array/iter_methods.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1118,8 +1118,13 @@ pub extern "C" fn js_array_join(
std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(std::slice::from_raw_parts(sep_data, sep_len))
};

// Build result string
let mut result = String::new();
// Separators are an exact lower bound for the result. Reserving them
// up front avoids the zero-capacity growth ladder without speculatively
// coercing elements (which could run user code or mutate the array).
let separator_bytes = sep_str
.len()
.saturating_mul(length.saturating_sub(1) as usize);
let mut result = String::with_capacity(separator_bytes);
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Copy the separator before the element loop.

sep_str borrows the GC-managed separator and remains in use after element coercion can invoke user code and trigger moving GC. Copy its bytes into Rust-owned storage, or root and reload the separator before each use.

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In `@crates/perry-runtime/src/array/iter_methods.rs` around lines 1124 - 1127,
Update the join logic around separator_bytes and the element loop so separator
data no longer relies on the borrowed GC-managed sep_str across user-code
coercion and moving GC. Copy sep_str’s bytes into Rust-owned storage before the
loop, or root and reload the separator before each use, while preserving the
existing separator contents and result-capacity calculation.

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for i in 0..length as usize {
if i > 0 {
result.push_str(sep_str);
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23 changes: 23 additions & 0 deletions test-files/test_issue_8434_array_join_capacity.ts
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const show = (label: string, value: string): void => {
console.log(`${label}:${value}|${value.length}`);
};

show("holes", new Array(3).join("|"));
show("empty", ["", "", ""].join(""));
show("unicode", ["A", "😀", "é"].join("·"));

let calls = 0;
const values: unknown[] = [];
const allocating = {
toString(): string {
calls++;
for (let i = 0; i < 128; i++) {
("allocation-" + i).repeat(32);
}
values[1] = "after";
return "before";
},
};
values.push(allocating, "original", "tail");
show("coerce", values.join("/"));
console.log(`calls:${calls}`);
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