perf(memory): optimize C++ string operations to reduce heap fragmentation

- Replaced pass-by-value std::string parameters with const std::string&
or std::string_view to prevent SSO overallocations.

- Refactored static mapping functions in UPower to return
std::string_view instead of constructing std::string literals, enabling
perfect cache locality.

- Optimized string concatenation in hot loops (network IPs, inhibitor
lists, sway window marks) by using std::string::append() and
pre-reserving capacity instead of overloaded operator+ which produces
temporary heap instances.

These optimizations reduce high-frequency memory churn and overall heap
fragmentation within the main rendering loops.

Signed-off-by: Austin Horstman <khaneliman12@gmail.com>
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Austin Horstman
2026-03-02 22:54:07 -06:00
parent fd086d0f33
commit 4c71b2bf9f
24 changed files with 43 additions and 38 deletions
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace waybar::modules::sway {
// Helper function to assign a number to a workspace, just like sway. In fact
// this is taken quite verbatim from `sway/ipc-json.c`.
int Workspaces::convertWorkspaceNameToNum(std::string name) {
int Workspaces::convertWorkspaceNameToNum(const std::string& name) {
if (isdigit(name[0]) != 0) {
errno = 0;
char* endptr = nullptr;
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ std::string Workspaces::getCycleWorkspace(std::vector<Json::Value>::iterator it,
return (*it)["name"].asString();
}
std::string Workspaces::trimWorkspaceName(std::string name) {
std::string Workspaces::trimWorkspaceName(const std::string& name) {
std::size_t found = name.find(':');
if (found != std::string::npos) {
return name.substr(found + 1);