libexpr: Optimize complex indented strings

The old behavior results in lots of concatenations happening for no good
reason and is an artifact of the technical limitations of the old parser
(combined with some lack of care for such details).

Change-Id: I0d78d6220ca6aeaa10bc437e48e08bf7922e0bb3

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 44 deletions

diff --git a/src/libexpr/parser/state.hh b/src/libexpr/parser/state.hh
index 62bf08ae7..b969f73e4 100644
--- a/src/libexpr/parser/state.hh
+++ b/src/libexpr/parser/state.hh
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@
 
 namespace nix::parser {
 
-struct StringToken
-{
-    std::string_view s;
-    // canMerge is only used to faithfully reproduce the quirks from the old code base.
-    bool canMerge = false;
-    operator std::string_view() const { return s; }
-};
-
 struct IndStringLine {
     // String containing only the leading whitespace of the line. May be empty.
     std::string_view indentation;
@@ -26,7 +18,7 @@ struct IndStringLine {
     std::vector<
         std::pair<
             PosIdx,
-            std::variant<std::unique_ptr<Expr>, StringToken>
+            std::variant<std::unique_ptr<Expr>, std::string_view>
         >
     > parts = {};
 };
@@ -204,8 +196,7 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<Expr> State::stripIndentation(
     std::vector<IndStringLine> && lines)
 {
     /* If the only line is whitespace-only, directly return empty string.
-     * NOTE: This is not merely an optimization, but `compatStripLeadingEmptyString`
-     * later on relies on the string not being empty for working.
+     * The rest of the code relies on the final string not being empty.
      */
     if (lines.size() == 1 && lines.front().parts.empty()) {
         return std::make_unique<ExprString>("");
@@ -219,19 +210,6 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<Expr> State::stripIndentation(
         lines.back().indentation = {};
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Quirk compatibility:
-     *
-     * » nix-instantiate --parse -E $'\'\'${"foo"}\'\''
-     * "foo"
-     * » nix-instantiate --parse -E $'\'\'    ${"foo"}\'\''
-     * ("" + "foo")
-     *
-     * Our code always produces the form with the additional "" +, so we'll manually
-     * strip it at the end if necessary.
-     */
-    const bool compatStripLeadingEmptyString = !lines.empty() && lines[0].indentation.empty();
-
     /* Figure out the minimum indentation. Note that by design
        whitespace-only lines are not taken into account. */
     size_t minIndent = 1000000;
@@ -248,48 +226,34 @@ inline std::unique_ptr<Expr> State::stripIndentation(
 
     /* Concat the parts together again */
 
-    /* Note that we don't concat all adjacent string parts to fully reproduce the original code.
-     * This means that any escapes will result in string concatenation even if this is unnecessary.
-     */
     std::vector<std::pair<PosIdx, std::unique_ptr<Expr>>> parts;
     /* Accumulator for merging intermediates */
     PosIdx merged_pos;
     std::string merged = "";
-    bool has_merged = false;
 
     auto push_merged = [&] (PosIdx i_pos, std::string_view str) {
-        merged += str;
-        if (!has_merged) {
-            has_merged = true;
+        if (merged.empty()) {
             merged_pos = i_pos;
         }
+        merged += str;
     };
 
     auto flush_merged = [&] () {
-        if (has_merged) {
+        if (!merged.empty()) {
             parts.emplace_back(merged_pos, std::make_unique<ExprString>(std::string(merged)));
             merged.clear();
-            has_merged = false;
         }
     };
 
     for (auto && [li, line] : enumerate(lines)) {
-        /* Always merge indentation, except for the first line when compatStripLeadingEmptyString is set (see above) */
-        if (!compatStripLeadingEmptyString || li != 0) {
-            push_merged(line.pos, line.indentation);
-        }
+        push_merged(line.pos, line.indentation);
 
         for (auto & val : line.parts) {
             auto &[i_pos, item] = val;
 
             std::visit(overloaded{
-                [&](StringToken str) {
-                    if (str.canMerge) {
-                        push_merged(i_pos, str.s);
-                    } else {
-                        flush_merged();
-                        parts.emplace_back(i_pos, std::make_unique<ExprString>(std::string(str.s)));
-                    }
+                [&](std::string_view str) {
+                    push_merged(i_pos, str);
                 },
                 [&](std::unique_ptr<Expr> expr) {
                     flush_merged();